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Jan Van Hoecke & Albert Pià

Walking with the csakan

chamber music
Sat 03 Jun 2017 -20.00
introduction by Albert Edelman 19.15
start 20.00
expected end time 21.30
All prices include booking fees.

Under 26? Enjoy 50% discount!

A fascinating exploration of a musical curiosity

Musical instrument and weapon - at the very least, it’s a curious combination. The Hungarian csakan, a descendant of the shepherd's flute, was shaped like a walking stick. It enjoyed a brief, but brilliant life in art music. In the early 19th century, Anton Heberle played an adapted version in a Budapest concert and started a rage that was picked up a few years later in Vienna by Ernst Krähmer, who gave the csakan a new oboe-like form. It’s a musical curiosity. But it’s one that has enthralled award-winning recorder player Jan Van Hoecke. With his newly built csakan, he explores a fascinating corner of musical history. His travelling companion is Andorran guitarist Albert Pià, who performs a couple of classics – such as Giuliani’s Grande ouverture - on his own magnificent period instrument. Together they also expand the csakan repertoire, with their own arrangements of, among others, Paganini. Spectacular!

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programme

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Grande ouverture

Julian Arcas (1832-1882)
Fantasia sobre los motivos de la traviata

and works by, among others, Nicolò Paganini, Mauro Giuliani, Ernst Krähmer & Anton Heberle

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
Grande ouverture

Julian Arcas (1832-1882)
Fantasia sobre los motivos de la travia

performers

Jan Van Hoecke: csakan
Albert Pià: guitar

Sat 03 Jun 2017 -20.00
introduction by Albert Edelman 19.15
start 20.00
expected end time 21.30
All prices include booking fees.

Under 26? Enjoy 50% discount!