BFM10 ZRI Cellar Sessions

Classical and folk music intermingle, inspired by a 19th-century Viennese tavern where musicians from all scenes would meet after hours, and the boundaries between genres became blurry in tandem with the flow of beer and wine .  Prepare to dance, laugh, holler, and maybe even shed a tear with this mixed program which includes Bach to Donna Summer.  

ZRI's Cellar Sessions re-creates the atmosphere of the Red Hedgehog Tavern in Vienna from which the band takes its name. Schubert and Brahms were both fascinated by Hungarian ‘Gypsy-band’ music and it became as fashionable as the waltz in Vienna, with one of the tunes included here still part of the standard repertory in an arrangement by Brahms.