Coming to UO: a Gypsy band, a Dutch trio.Byline: The Register-Guard A World Music Series program featuring Hungarian Gypsy folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. and dance, as well as and a Chamber Music Series concert showcasing an award-winning Dutch piano trio A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music. are scheduled this week at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave. The Szaszcsavas Band will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday in Beall Concert Hall. Tickets, available at the door, are $10 general admission and $8 for students and seniors. Szaszcsavas (pronounced ``SAS-cha-vash'') is a small village in Transylvania, in northwest Romania. Most of the inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. are Hungarian and 20 percent are Gypsies (or Roma), including all the members of the Szaszcsavas Band. The band provides a musical window into the vibrant, almost medieval, culture of old Transylvania. On this tour, the band includes Istvan Jambor and Levente Mezei on violin, Ferenc Mezei and Ferenc Jambor on kontra (chord viola) and Matyas Csanyi on bass. The band's repertoire is broad, because the group performs for Hungarian, Romanian, Gypsy and Saxon villagers over a large area of Transylvania. Two professional dancers, Nora Kertesz and Andras Szallosi, will be featured in dances of Szaszcsavas and other regions of Transylvania. For more information, contact Mark Levy at 346-2852. The Osiris Piano Trio, from the Netherlands, will open the Chamber Music Series at 8 p.m. Thursday in Beall Hall. Reserved-seat tickets range from $12 to $27. They're available in advance from the Hult Center (682-5000) or from the ticket office at the Erb Memorial Union (346-4363). In keeping with the series' theme this year, "Chamber Music with a Twist," patrons are invited to dress casually and come to a pre-concert birthday party and art sale to celebrate the series' 35th season. Birthday cake and beverages will be served beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Room 178 of the music school, and 60 music-related sketches by professional illustrator Elaine Hodges will be on display. Proceeds from the art sale will benefit the music school's building campaign and the Chamber Music Series. Professor Robert Hurwitz will offer some audience-friendly insights about the evening's program in a pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m. Pianist Ellen Corver, violinist Peter Brunt Peter Astbury Brunt (born June 23, 1917 in Coulsdon, Surrey, England; died November 5, 2005 in Oxford) was an eminent ancient historian at Oxford University. Brunt, son of a Methodist minister, was the Camden Professor of Ancient History and a fellow of Brasenose College, and cellist Larissa Groeneveld will play Ludwig van Beethoven's famous Trio in D Major (``The Ghost''), Dmitry Shostakovich's Trio No. 2 in E Minor and Frank Martin's Trio on Irish Folktunes. These three Dutch musicians A list of Dutch bands and artists of contemporary music. The bands and artists are either Dutch, of Dutch origin or contain Dutch members. 0-9
In addition to numerous concerts in the Netherlands, the Netherlands, The officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,034 sq mi (41,528 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 16,300,000. Capital: Amsterdam. Seat of government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. Osiris Trio has performed in Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, France, England and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . In 1997, they made their American debut at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall Concert hall in New York, N.Y., U.S. It was endowed by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie at the insistence of the conductor Walter Damrosch (1862–1950). in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The trio's repertoire ranges from Franz Joseph Haydn to contemporary composers. Several Dutch composers, including Theo Loevendie, Theo Verbey and Roel van Oosten, have written works for the trio. The Osiris Trio has recorded music by Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak and Charles Ives on the Channel Classics label. For more information, or to request a complete calendar of events, call the UO music school weekdays at 346-5678. To confirm concert times and ticket information, call GuardLine at 485-2000 and select category 2533 for a recorded message about the week's events. CAPTION(S): The Dutch trio Osiris is pianist Ellen Corver (left), cellist Larissa Groeneveld and violinist Peter Brunt. They will perform Thursday. |
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