Johannes Brahms- Hungarian Dance No. 4

Johannes Brahms- Hungarian Dance No. 4
Vittorio Cecchetto conducting
Città Murata Orchestra at Teatro Sociale -- Cittadella
Dance videos from the ballet Coppelia
Performed by the Bolshoi Ballet
In composing the music for his Hungarian dances, Johannes Brahms made use of the Hungarian folk songs he had heard. These are based on the Hungarian dance Czardas, which usually consists of two parts, the one melancholy, the other wild and passionate, reflecting respectively the Magyar and Gypsy spirit.
I used video clips from the ballet Coppelia to go with the music: the sublime Pas de Deaux for the somber parts and the sprightly solo dances for the speedy parts.