Zoltán Kocsis, one of the defining figures of Hungarian music life over the past five decades, established a tradition by giving a charity concert each year on his birthday, having invited his friends and fellow musicians to play chamber together. more
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Last event date: Tuesday, May 30 2023 7:30PM
This noble tradition was revived by the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra he headed for nearly 20 years, as well as his alma mater, and 30 May was christened the Hungarian Classical Music Day.
László Dubrovay: Symphony No. 6 (‘Spring’)
György Ligeti: Concert Românesc
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Claude Debussy – Zoltán Kocsis: Images (oubliées), L. 87
Leó Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dances – suite, op. 18
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Káli
Zoltán Kocsis made it his worthy custom to give a charity concert each year on his birthday, the 30th of May. This tradition was later revived by his former ensemble, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, and his alma mater, the Liszt Academy, when they jointly established Hungarian Classical Music Day in 2021. On Kocsis’s birthday, the concerts pay tribute to Hungarian classical music and its creators – in part with the unconcealed aim of encouraging new works of Hungarian classical music to be born.
László Dubrovay originally wrote his 2009 ‘Spring’ Symphony No. 6 for concert brass ensemble, but later created a symphonic version as well, which is what we will be hearing here. György Ligeti’s youthful opus Concert Românesc (1951) is a testament both to the budding composer’s enthusiasm for Romanian folk music and his respect for the output of Bartók. Although Debussy’s 1894 series Images (oubliées) is not a Hungarian work, it did become one at least in part when Kocsis found a congenial way to arrange the first and third of the three movements, originally written for piano, for orchestra (the middle movement, Sarabande had already been arranged by Ravel in 1923). In performing the cycle, we pay tribute to Kocsis’s universal knowledge, a frequent subject of admiration. Leó Weiner’s cycle Hungarian Folk Dances not only enchants listeners with its elegance, it also reminds us that there is much the Hungarian music world has to do when it comes to Weiner’s oeuvre, which, still under the shadow of those of his two giant contemporaries Bartók and Kodály, continues to receive less attention. Taking the podium will be Gábor Káli, an outstandingly talented young Hungarian conductor who has achieved considerable success both here and abroad in recent years.
The Lukács season ticket consists of three concerts full of new joys to discover. Above all, two young conductors. After taking up the baton on the first evening, the seasoned maestro Domonkos Héja will then turn it over to the 31-year-old Gábor Hontvári and the 37-year-old Dániel Erdélyi, giving them a chance to helm the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra for the second and third outings on the subscription.
The guest appearance of the world-famous American maestro Lawrence Foster, who represents the senior age group of the international community of composers, promises to be among the outstanding events of the season. The musician with Romanian parents has conducted the Hungarian National Philharmonic on several occasions and each visit has attracted an enthusiastic response.
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