MELODIES – Enescu / Mendelssohn / Brahms-Schönberg - Augustin Hadelich, András Keller and the MAV Symphony Orchestra – L2

Our orchestra's permanent guest conductor, Péter Csaba will take the audience on a journey into the music of German Romanticism. Max Bruch (1838-1920) followed in Mendelssohn's footsteps as a composer and later became an admirer and friend of Brahms. His most frequently performed work is Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, which was premiered by Joseph Joachim. Austrian organist and composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was a deeply religious man and an ardent follower of Wagner's music. His last symphonies belong to final stage of Romanticism, both in terms of the size of the orchestra and the length of the pieces. He described Symphony No. 4, composed in 1874, as 'Romantic'; in fact, it is a depiction of nature, from idyllic landscape to terrifying storm. Another special feature of the concert is that the violin soloist, Anna Csaba, is the daughter of the conductor, who studied at the Conservatory of Music de Genève and later Cologne University of Music and Dance.

The names of Mussorgsky and Ravel became intertwined through the orchestral version of Pictures at an Exhibition. Although thousands of kilometres and decades separated them, due to their elegance and expressiveness, it is no far-fetched to consider them distant relatives. Between the enchanting soundscapes of Mother Goose and Musorgsky's stirring, moving tableaux, Ravel's "two-handed" Piano Concerto in G major, born exactly 150 years ago to the day, is performed by one of the composer's most unique and esteemed interpreters, the two-time Kossuth and Franz Liszt Prize winner Dezső Ránki. Our orchestra is conducted by Maxim Rysanov, a violist of the highest reputation, who steps on the conductor's baton ever more often.