Carpathian Folk Quartet to present rare instruments

The Carpathian Mountains carve a culturally distinct niche from northwestern Romania to Transylvania. The villages that lie in the path of the mountains are the sources of the Budapest-based Carpathian Folk Quartet’s repertoire of the Hungarian, Romanian and Gypsy folk music that inspired such composers as Bela Bartók and Zoltán Kodály.

The ensemble’s appearance on Saturday, Oct. 7, will afford audiences with a chance to hear some extremely rare instruments of central Europe: the cimbalom, a concert version of the hammered dulcimer; and the bratsch, a three-stringed, flat-bridged viola.

The music will range from soulful ballads to double-time dance tunes.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. in the Mosse Humanities Building’s Mills Hall. Tickets are $15 general/$12 students. For more information, contact Dan Talmo, 233-5322, dtalmo@Lrca.com.