“The Bohemian Violin” — Lucia Barcari & Sabatino Vacca

Classical music as we know it today has traveled so far from its origins that it’s easy to forget that all music was once improvised, interwoven with the dances and rites of everyday life.

Violinst Lucia Barcari & pianist Sabatino Vacca take us on a musical odyssey through the primeval forests and medieval towns of Eastern Europe, all the way home to Canada with “Gypsy Memories” (1938) by the Jewish-Ukrainian born Canadian violinist and composer León Zuckert.

Other works will include Ernst’s Dance alla Zingarese, Dvorak’s Slavonic Fantasie in b minor (arr Kreisler), Dinicu’s Spring Tune, De Falla’s Danse Rituelle du Feu, Liszt’s Romance oubliée, Drdla’s Carmen Variations, and Vittorio Monti’s ever-popular Czardas. 

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