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The Hungarian Connection
Alkyona Quartet
Emma Purslow violin
Marike Kruup violin
Claire Newton viola
Jobine Siekman ‘cello
with Magdalenna Krsetvska clarinet
Ernö Dohnányi 1877-1960
Serenade in C for string trio, Op. 10 1902
I Marcia: Allegro
II Romanza: Adagio non troppo
III Scherzo: Vivace
IV Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
V Rondo (Finale): Allegro vivace
ErnQ Dohnányi was a towering figure in Hungarian
musical culture as a pianist, composer,
conductor, administrator and educator in the
years before the First World War.
The Serenade in C for String Trio was composed
in 1902 during a concert tour and premièred two
years later in Vienna with considerable success.
The work is in five movements in the 19th century
serenade tradition, as advocated by Fuchs and
Brahms, but its deep sense of form and
sparseness of means point to a new sensibility on
the wake. It is strongly influenced by Hungarian
folk melodies, giving it an unmistakeable mark of
the composer's homeland.
