ZRI: The Red Hedgehog Tavern Band

ZRI / Zum Roten Igel / To the Red Hedgehog Tavern!
This was the 19th century tavern in Vienna where Brahms, and before him, Schubert, would go to drink and smoke and make merry with their friends. They also heard the gypsies play there, and some of this music found its way into their writing. The band ZRI play uniquely re-imagined versions of the Brahms clarinet quintet and the Schubert C Major string quintet, re-scored for a folk ensemble of its time.