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Czardas

a Hungarian folk dance performed by couples to 2/4 time. The czardas, which appeared in the mid-19th century, consists of one slow section and one fast, impetuous section. It has syncopated rhythms, and many steps are improvised. The czardas served as the basis of ballroom dance that became popular in Russia in the early 20th century as the vengerka. Musical reworkings of the czardas are found in Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies, Brahms’ Hungarian Dances, Delibes’s Coppélia, and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

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After this, the 57-year-old is joined by two acoustic guitars, snare drum and a double bass to perform his own arrangements of some of his favourite music from Waller and Brubeck to Monti''s Czardas and more.

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From the sensitive and elegiac Czech RocKing Carol with flugelhorn soloist Lucy Cutt, through Monti's Czardas with euphonium soloist David Thornton, to the circus march The Waltonian, they were fabulous.

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Philip, who has recorded with Mantovani and performed with Max Jaffa at Scarborough, will feature such favourites as Chanson de Martin, South Pacific, Monte's Czardas and Massenet's Meditation.

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In the meantime, the pupil of Heart of England School in Balsall Common is perfecting her czardas, a character dance she will be performing in the production.

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