Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Can music be understood? The question is certainly an old one – and remains all the more difficult to answer for its antiquity. One thing for sure is that no solution can be found without a listening public that is both interested and open to embrace the new. Thus the extraordinary success of the family-friendly series Understandable Music by the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok is very encouraging indeed. Conductor Gábor Hollerung is a born storyteller; his commentaries provide true insight and yet always remain comprehensible and enjoyable for young and old alike. This concert by the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok takes a close look at a romantic version of the Trickster of Seville’s eternal story. The symphonic poem Don Juan, which reformulates the fragments of Nikolaus Lenau’s drama in the language of music, is a masterpiece from the 24-year-old Richard Strauss: it is infinitely intensive music that opens the door onto the empire of pleasure and torment.