KINETIC: Duos, Dances & Divertimenti

Houston’s own conductorless ensemble KINETIC presents Duos, Dances & Divertimenti Sunday, October 15th at MATCH Houston.

Rautavaara’s Pelimannit (“Fiddlers”) and Bartok’s Romanian Dances are rustic miniatures based on Finnish and Romanian folk tunes, while Olli Mustonen’s Sinuhe for violin orchestra tells the story of Sinuhe, the personal physician at the court of the Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Closing the program is Bartok’s Divertimento, a staple of the string orchestra repertoire, composed before Bartok left Hungary at the outbreak of the Second World War.

PROGRAM
Einoiuhani Rautavaara: Pelimannit (“Fiddlers”)
Olli Mustonen: Sinuhe for Violin Orchestra (2012)
Béla Bartók: Duos for Two Violins & Romanian Dances
Béla Bartók: Divertimento for Strings

Photo by Jeff Gilmer.

This concert is not suitable for ages 5 and under.