NOT EXACTLY FOLK

NOT EXACTLY FOLK!

CONCERT N. 2141

ALESSANDRO MARANO piano recital

Well before the advent of the piano, there was folk music. These rich musical traditions have been inspiring composers of art music for centuries. Let's whet our musical appetite and listen to how some composers have used folk music across cultures as inspiration.

E. Granados: Quejas ò la Maja y el Ruisenor, Danza spagnola n.5 I. Albeniz: Cadiz (Saeta), Malaguena

E. Grieg: March of the dwarfs op.54 n.2 Wedding-day at Troldhaugen op.65 n.6 F. Chopin: Polacca op.53 “Eroica”

F. Schubert: Valses Nobles et sentimentales D.969

F. Liszt/G.Rossini: La Danza (Neapolitan tarantella) S.424/9 La regata veneziana

S.424/2 F. Liszt: Rapsodia ungherese n.14