Halloween - An Evening with Dracula - MusicDays
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Opening concert of the MusicDays Festival at the Chateau de Vianden | Costumed audience and musicians
For the fifth time, the MusicDays are being held in Vianden, allowing locals and visitors to discover and enjoy a wide variety of musical genres and styles in the most diverse locations. Within the venerable walls of the castle, the opening concert on the theme of "Halloween and Dracula" will undoubtedly be particularly well highlighted.
At 6:30 p.m., Count Dracula will welcome his guests with snacks and drinks, and also invites the public to join the event in formal, scary and chic attire.
What better subject for a Halloween concert than Count Dracula, the most famous vampire of all time? He is the brainchild of author Bram Stoker, who never travelled to Transylvania. Stoker’s novel Dracula, published in 1897, has been adapted for film several times. The 1931 silent film (starring Bela Lugosi) was given new music by Philippe Glass in 1999. Kammerata Luxembourg plays the shorter version adapted by Riesman for string quartet, double bass and piano. The film score and traditional Transylvanian music contrast with passages from the novel read in German by Nickel Bösenberg. The cimbalom, a traditional stringed instrument that plays a major role in the folk music of East Central and South Eastern Europe, will be particularly highlighted during this extraordinary evening.
Good to know
Excerpts from the story will be read in German, but the music is universal.
Bram Stoker | Dracula – Reading of excerpts from the novel (in German)
Vittorio Monti | Czárdás | violin, cimbalom
Béla Bartók | 44 Duos Sz.98 (extr.) | 2 violins
Zoltan Kodály | Magyar Népdalok | cello, cimbalom
Béla Bartók | Romanian Folk Dances (extr.) | violin, cymbalom
Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 S 244/4
György Kurtág | 8 Duets op. 4 | violin, cimbalom
Philip Glass | Suite extr. from the film music Dracula | arr. M. Riesmann | string quartet, double bass and piano
Where does it take place?
Château de Vianden
Vianden chateau
Montée du Château
Vianden
Luxembourg
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