Ispirazione Ungheria Hungarian Folk | Vilde Frang I
Overview
Intro
Vilde Frang | Martin Helmchen | Benjamin and Salamon Eredics
The critics celebrate Vilde Frang as an exceptional artist whose playing captivates with "breathtaking intensity and an almost uncanny tonal differentiation". In her first program as Artist in Residence, she was inspired by the music of Hungary. In his search for his own musical language, Béla Bartók was already intensively involved with the folk music of his homeland after his studies. Bartók traveled to the peasants in Transylvania, the Balkans and Turkey. The 25-year-old field researcher took a phonograph with him, which was able to record and reproduce the music on location using rotating rollers. Today, Bartók's recordings are valuable documents of a lost time, which he himself meticulously analyzed and used for his own compositions. In doing so, he follows a special path in which he neither imitates nor quotes folk music, but rather incorporates it into his compositional style in an abstract way. His 1st Violin Sonata marks a peak of modernism in music, as it reflects the composer's engagement with folk music alongside radical innovations in musical expression. In contrast, the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms bear witness to how folk music was stylized from the perspective of Romanticism into upscale works of entertainment.
18.45, Biblioteca Papio: Introduzione - concert introduction, Davide Fersini (musician & music editor RSI) - in Italian (German on request)
Vilde Frang, violin
Artist in Residence 2026
Benjamin & Salamon Eredics, accordion, flute, tambura (mandolin)
Martin Helmchen, piano
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Violin Sonata No. 1 Sz. 75
Intermission
Hungarian folklore (after announcement)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Hungarian Dances (excerpts after announcement)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Folk dances (excerpts after announcement)
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| Contact address |
Fondazione Settimane Musicali Ascona
Viale Bartolomeo Papio 5 6612 Ascona +41 (0)91 759 76 65 info@classicascona.ch |
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| Location |
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia Collegio Papio Via delle Cappelle 1 6612 Ascona Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | https://classicascona.ch/de/ |
| Price |
CHF 85.00 / 70.00 / 55.00 / 40.00
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Event dates
- 24 September 2026