GYPSY DEVILS: Stolen? Rightfully taken back!
Sunday, 7. September 2014
Union Hall at 19.30
Maribor
Performers:
Ernest Šarközi - cimbalom
Štefan Banyák - first violin
Emil Hasala - violin
Jozef Farkaš - violin
Silvia Šarköziová - violoncello
Tibor Lévai - doublebass
Aleksander Mihok - doublebass
Zoltan Grunza - clarinet and tarogato
FESTIVAL MARIBOR ORCHESTRA
Simon Krečič – conductor

Program:
Ernest Šarközi: Znelka (Opening Fanfare)
Emmerich Kálmán / Ernest Šarközi: ´Komm Zigan´( Aria from the Operetta Countess Maritza)
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (1858–1869)
Ernest Šarközi: ´Oči čierne´
Georges Bizet / Ernest Šarközi: Carmen Overture (1874)
Franz Liszt / Zoltán Grunza / Ernest Šarközi: Paraphrase to the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat Major, S 244/6 – Fantasy and Variations for solo tarogato (1847)
Franz Liszt / Ernest Šarközi: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, S.244/2 (1847)
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Emil Hasala: Russian Gypsies
John Williams / Emil Šarközi: Schindler´s list (1993)
Joseph Kosma / Ernest Šarközi: Autumn leaves (1945)
Ernest Šarközi: Gypsy violin
Niccolò Paganini/ Ernest Šarközi: Caprice No. 24 for solo violin, Op. 1 (1819)
Emil Hasala: Jewish Medley
Vittorio Monti: Csárdás (1904)

Stolen? Rightfully taken back!

Gypsy music seems to be holding a key to great emotional release for us members of Western civilization, stifled by the centuries old collar of “proper behaviour“. With its flamboyant melodies, manic rhythms and unrestrained passion it never fails to unleash our inmost desire to shake off the conventions. The lure of its (false) promise of absolute freedom is just too strong not to give in. And why shouldn't we? Especially if it comes from the Gypsy Devils, one of Europe's hottest Gypsy music bands. The full blooded gypsy virtuosi dazzle the audiences all over the world with the music of their ancestors as well as with their hot and spicy renditions of classical music, rightfully taken back from the likes of Brahms, Liszt and c. o., who lifted passages wholesale from their fathers and grandfathers.
Prepare for an evening of breath-taking cymbal acrobatics and burning strings of genuine gypsy fiddles letting all Hell break loose! Loosen your tie, kick off your shoes and let the Devil(s) take your soul!