Alex Zhang, violin
Thomas Pantea, piano (@TomTom53421)

April 27, 2023
Roy Barnett Recital Hall

0:00 Jocul cu bâtă
1:27 Brâul
2:02 Pe loc
3:16 Buciumeana
4:50 Poarga Românească
5:21 Mărunțel

Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances is a piece I've grown up hearing since I was very young (probably about when I was 5). I've mostly heard the original version for solo piano and this violin-piano arrangement, and I even got to perform a string orchestra version with the UBC Symphony Orchestra in October of 2020, under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Girard - you can view that performance here: [ Ссылка ]

As for this violin-piano version, it's not the most difficult, but there are some spots that are quite tricky to pull off, especially the third dance (Pe loc). It is all artificial harmonics in that movement, and you can definitely hear me struggle with them from 2:07 onwards.

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