Music lovers present in the Saint-Gal collegiate church on Thursday evening witnessed a unique moment: the interpretation by accordionist Nihad Hrustanbegovic of Vivaldi’s four violin concertos known under the title of The Four Seasons. It took the musician seven months to transcribe the master’s score… The great accordionist of Bosnian origin Nihad Hrustanbegovic dreamed of playing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in a church in Haut-Allier, a region he knows well having stayed there regularly in summer. His dream was granted, Thursday evening, at the Saint-Gal collegiate church, in front of a large audience who came to hear this work, both famous and, in this case, completely new, since it was performed on the classical accordion alone for the first time. in the history of music. The transcription of The Four Seasons, the title given to four concertos for violin, was carried out by Nihad Hrustanbegovic from a score for piano and violin written by Vivaldi himself. Seven long months were necessary to complete a delicate and colossal work, now immortalized on CD. It was enough for the Languevis public to forget, for the duration of the concert, their musical references relating to the work of the Italian composer, born in 1678 in Venice and died in 1741 in Vienna, to taste this refined version which, image of the original, leads the audience from the spring birth of nature to the winter chill, passing through summer, a harsh season crushed by the sun where men and herds languish, and through autumn, a season of dances and songs washed down with the liqueurs of Bacchus. The accordionist’s fingers flutter above the vertical keyboards, while the instrument, as if surprised by such virtuosity, takes on harmonium accents in the church which rise to the dome of the choir . The instrument, as if surprised by so much virtuosity, takes on harmonium accents in the church. The instrumental performance is at the height of Vivaldi’s work. Charmed, the public twice called back Nihad Hrustanbegovic, who offered him two other choice pieces. https://www.lamontagne.fr/langeac-43300/actualites/laccordeoniste-nihad-hrustanbegovic-ainterprete-les-quatre-saisons-dans-la-collegiale_11538391/
