Proudly brought to us by Bedford Music Club, continuing the weekend of the Hungarian Music & Culture Festival, Brahms and the Gypsy presents a second performance of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, this time at The Quarry Theatre on St Peter’s Street, re-scored with folk instruments and freshly re-imagined with improvisations that really dig into and explore its Hungarian roots.

ZRI accordionist Jon Banks says, “We started life with Brahms and his Clarinet Quintet. I wanted to play that repertoire, but in a way that would evoke the time Brahms was living in, a sound world more visceral than just string quartet and clarinet.”

“This was a typically pioneering, stimulating project from ZRI and the Lammermuir Festival … vivid, vibrant and provocative” ***** (The Scotsman)

If you had turned up at the popular C19 Viennese tavern, ’Zum Roten Igel’ (‘The Red Hedgehog’), you might well have bumped in to Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn or Brahms, enjoying jokes, goulash, gypsy songs and general banter. This weekend’s events explore the kinds of Hungarian music that Brahms might well have heard there. Come and explore how these influences found their way into his greatest works, not least his sublime Clarinet Quintet.

Tickets

Adults £25

Full time student, 26 years or younger £10

18 or younger FREE