MEMORIES – Ribnyikov / Bruckner -. Endre Stankowsky, Gergely Kesselyák and the MAV Symphony Orchestra E/3

Róbert Farkas has selected Slavic music for his concert program, and will also introduce the music of the Romantic period and the 20th century. Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) was born and in Ukraine and began his musical studies in his home-country, but identified himself as Polish. He was a forerunner of modern Polish music that later became world famous. The soloist in his Violin Concerto No. 2, Abigél Králik, was born in the United States, and has been living in Hungary since the age of 10, playing the violin with great success ever since. Shostakovich's work, written in honour of the 1954 Party Congress of the Soviet Union, is a festive and pleasing work. On the other hand, Tchaikovsky’s last symphony is a true Romantic masterpiece, rightfully receiving the epithet 'Pathetic'.

Since the beginning of time, birdsong has been a source of inspiration for all musicians. In our youth concert, we first hear the cello duet of József Sándor Nagy and Illés Sütő in Vivaldi's deep, moving and beautiful Concerto for two cellos in G minor. The two young players are students of Krisztina Dávid, the cellist of our orchestra. Afterwards, the audience will hear a special suite by the neoclassical Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, written in 1928 following the tradition of the works of 18th century composers. The brilliant work, which features the sounds of swans, hens, nightingales and cuckoos, is performed by Szabolcs Medveczky and proves to be intriguing not only for ornithologists but for every music enthusiasts.

Beethoven életrajzírói a mester egyik legjellemzőbb tulajdonságaként emlegetik szabadságszeretetét. Ez az alapja az 1809-ben komponált Egmont nyitánynak. Szellemi rokona az Egmont zenének a III. szimfónia is, amely az Eroica (Hősi) melléknevet kapta. A II. szimfóniát 1803-ban mutatták be, derűs, optimizmust sugárzó mű, pedig keletkezése idején Beethoven már tudott gyógyíthatatlan fülbajáról.