MÁV Symphony Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

In decades to come musicologists may still be scratching their heads at the social, historical and aesthetic reasons behind the burgeoning Richard Strauss cult in Hungary during the new millennium. But let’s enjoy it while it lasts: for instance, the MÁV Symphony Orchestra Strauss recital paying homage to the composer born 150 years ago. Artistic director of the ensemble Péter Csaba conducts the programme that encompasses the composer’s entire oeuvre, inasmuch as it includes the symphonic poem Don Juan written to the poem by Nikolas Lenau, which brought the 24-year-old Strauss world fame, and the Four Last Songs written 60 years later, which wound up his career. The latter are sung by the excellent soprano Eszter Sümegi.