Elemental emotions in music - Anger (Budapest Strings)

Repertoire:

• Bartók: Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63
• Schumann: Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 31 - War Song
• Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 7 - Ich grolle nicht
• Mozart: The Magic Flute, K. 620 - „Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” (Die Königin der Nacht, Act II) The Queen of the Night's aria, Act II
• Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op. 27, No. 2 - Mvt. III (Presto agitato)
• Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

You are far more likely to hear and read about the relaxing and emotionally soothing environment or when wandering the most distant parts of the earth. Images of anger are often linked to the themes of revenge, fighting, and war, but anger can also be an inspirational force. It hints at change, the need for change, and the potential power of classical music than about how it can whip up our emotions to extreme levels. It is easy to identify the signs of anger, as it is the kind of emotion that also has a physical effect on the person: our facial expression changes, often becoming more threatening. Anger is a universal feeling, something we can encounter in both our most immediate for a new beginning. The opening event for the School of Emotion series will feature the performance of excerpts taken from across the history of music that deal with the subject of anger. We can expect members of the audience to be deeply stirred by the music of Bartók, Schumann, Beethoven and Mozart, though of course there will also be analysis of those effects from the opera singer Szilveszter Szélpál, the programme host.

Featuring:

voice, presenter :Szilveszter Szélpál
Budapest Strings
Conducted by Péter Dobszay