Inverurie Music Fundraising Concert - Franz Helfersdorfer (Guitar)

Guitar Recital by Franz Helfersdorfer - raising funds for Inverurie Music
Donations ​can be made at the door by cash or card. Suggested amount £10-15 - please give generously.
 
M E L A N C H O L Y

Johann Jakob Froberger - Suite No. XX D-Major
(Original for harpsichord - Transcription by Tilman Hoppstock)

Franz Schubert - Eight Songs from „Schwanengesang“ 
(Original for voice and piano - Arrangement by Franz Helfersdorfer)

Franz Helfersdorfer - Hungarian Appropriation

Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness
(Original for Piano - Transcription by Timothy Walker)
 
M E L A N C H O L Y
The program “Melancholy”, performed by classical guitarist Franz Helfersdorfer, explores melancholy not merely as sadness, but as a creative force that emerges in times of change and uncertainty. The concert opens with Suite No. XX by Johann Jakob Froberger, presented in a guitar transcription by Tilman Hoppstock.  Froberger’s deeply expressive Baroque language sets an introspective tone and invites the listener into a world of contemplation and emotional nuance. The central part of the program features eight songs from Franz Schubert´s Schwanengesang, arranged for solo guitar by Helfersdorfer. In these intimate arrangements, Schubert’s lyrical melodies and poetic atmosphere are transformed into a new instrumental voice, preserving their emotional depth while revealing new colours on the guitar. Before the final piece, the audience hears Hungarian Appropriation, a composition by Helfersdorfer based on two Hungarian folk songs.  Combining elements of lament and dance, the work reflects on tradition while reshaping it in a personal musical language. The concert concludes with Farewell to Stromness by Peter Maxwell Davies offering a gentle, meditative farewell that deepens the programme’s exploration of melancholy as a space for resonance, reflection and creative transformation.