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O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra and Hugo Ticciati
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Viennese Waltz, Slavic Melancholy and Hungarian Flair

Hugo Ticciati violin, director; Cornelia Beskow soprano; O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

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Date
Mon 26 Jan 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
£40 £37 £33 £27 £18
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

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Artists

  • Hugo Ticciativiolin, director
  • Cornelia Beskowsoprano
  • O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra

    Programme

    • Zoltán Kodály
      1882-1967
        • Hungarian Folk Music (Magyar népzene)
          :
        • Hey, the wine of Mohi vintage (Hej, a mohi hegy borának)
        • Esti dal
        • Hungarian Folk Music (Magyar népzene)
          :
        • Gypsy song (Ciganynota)
    • Béla Bartók
      1881-1945
        • Selections from 44 Duos for 2 violins Sz. 98
    • Antonín Dvořák
      1841-1904
        • Gypsy Songs Op. 55
          :
        • My song sounds of love (arranged by David Lundblad)
        • Wide sleeves (arranged by David Lundblad)
        • Songs my mother taught me (arranged by David Lundblad)
        • The string is tuned (arranged by David Lundblad)

    Interval

    • Antonín Dvořák
        • Cypresses B11
          :
        • Often my heart broods in anguish (arranged by David Lundblad)
    • Johannes Brahms
      1833-1897
        • String Quintet in G Op. 111
          (arranged by Johannes Marmén)

    Overview

    Incorporated in the generous arch of the String Quintet in G, one of Brahms’s most cosmopolitan and optimistic compositions, are the strains of Viennese waltzes, Slavic melancholy and virtuoso Hungarian Romani music. This concert dives deeper into those worlds in a programme featuring works by Dvořák, Strauss, Kodály, Bartók and Ligeti. Brahms’s lifelong friend, the violinist Joseph Joachim, complained that, in order for it to be heard, the opening of the quintet needs three cellists. Joachim’s wish is fulfilled in Johannes Marmén’s arrangement for string orchestra, when our O/Modernt's three very own cellists take to the stage. The orchestral arrangement is particularly fitting for this piece, which grew from Brahms’s sketches for an unwritten fifth symphony.

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