September 30 @ 7.30pm
Whelan's Pub
Wexford Street, Dublin 2
Tickets (€10) available at http://www.tickets.ie/ or at the door
Sarakina - an intriguing new band from Poland in concert in Eire
To mark the 200th anniversary celebrations of the birth of Chopin, Sarakina will perform their latest Chopin-inspired album Fryderykata during their two concerts in Ireland. Sarakina are young, clasically-trained musicians from Poland, Czech Republic and Bulgaria that have enchanted Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland with their own very special take on ethno/jazz/classical fusion music. Fryderykata is a truly special project that sees themes from Chopin's oeuvre magically transported to where they came from in the first place - Eastern European folk music. Pulsating now with the Klezmer heart, now the delightful excess of Balkan funeral marches, now echoing Astor Piazzola's tangos, now resounding with a Bulgarian folk air, now almost Middle Eastern - this emotional and joyous music would make Chopin smile and will surely enchant Irish audiences!
Passionate reinvention of Chopin that unearths the vibrant Eastern European folksy heart from beneath the lustre of the classics
Joy, madness, rapture all bursting in flames in a masterly interplay between double bass, clarinet, accordion and percussion