Sat Sep 27
Lucian Ban/Mat Maneri:"Transylvanian Dance" Multimedia Performance (stream)
8PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream
Lucian Ban/Mat Maneri: "Transylvanian Dance"
Drawing from their acclaimed 2024 ECM Records duo release Transylvanian Dance, pianist Lucian Ban and violist Mat Maneri will re-imagine live through improvisation the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of early 20th century folk songs from Transylvania, bringing back to life century-old songs using video projections featuring rare archival footage, audio from the original Edison wax cylinder recordings, handwritten manuscripts and photographs taken by Bartók himself on his field trips.
The 20th century Hungarian composer Bartók loved the folk music of Transylvania in western Romania. He famously experienced an epiphany in 1904 when he heard an 18-year-old woman singing songs from her Transylvanian village and was soon on the road in search of more music. Between 1909 and 1917 he transcribed thousands of melodies, recording hundreds of folk musicians on wax cylinders and would call the completion of his research into Transylvanian folk music, as “my life’s goal." The profound knowledge and beauty of these ancient folk songs will change forever his compositional vision.
A century later, two outstanding improvisers – violist Mat Maneri and pianist Lucian Ban – draw fresh inspiration from the music that fired Bartók’s imagination, looking again at carols, lamentations, love songs, dowry songs and more through their unique duo sound and improvisatory concept.
Biographical and other details at www.lucianban.com
Showtime: 8 pm ET/7 pm CT/6 pm MT/5 pm PT/1 am GMT
In-person seats: $25 / $10 full-time students with valid ID
Attendees receive a link to the recording to view for one week.
Advance sales end 1 hr before show; remaining tickets may be purchased at door.
Streaming Cost is $15
The link will be revealed 15 minutes before the show
and will remain active through Oct. 4
Donations welcome
8PM / $15 | $1.50 Fees Get Access to the Livestream