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ZRI's Schubert at the Red Hedgehog Tavern

ZRI present Schubert's String Quintet in C, reimagined to sound as radical as when it was first written. Bursting with gypsy and Hungarian themes, it is here rescored to include clarinet, santouri (cymbalom) and accordion and interleaved with traditional tunes. ZRI stands for ‘Zum Roten Igel’, the name of the major concert venue in Vienna in Schubert’s time but also of the tavern just behind it where bands played and composers caroused into the night; at one point Schubert even lived next door. His fluid embrace of folk tradition in this much-loved work is brought out in this exciting version, reflecting the daring and profound qualities of the piece itself. The connections between Schubert and gypsy music may not always be clear to audiences now, but they were strongly felt in his own time. The Hungarian elements in the String Quintet and parts of the Winterreise have been noted ever since they were written; Schubert also wrote a Divertissement à l’Hongroise and there is a catalogue of other works that seem to reflect this style. His first devotees understood this and there is even a romanticised nineteenth-century picture of him sitting and writing out the music of gypsies in the countryside. www.zrimusic.com