Andrea Rost and Concerto Budapest A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

This special concert by Andrea Rost and Concerto Budapest starts with an early Beethoven symphony, followed by three Mozart concert arias and Polish composer Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3. The latter work is important not only because it marks the composer’s shift from avant-garde to tonal music, but also because it still ranks as one of the most popular contemporary pieces of music. 15 years after its composition in 1992 the London Sinfonietta made a recording of the work, and in just two years this album sold 700,000 copies. Soprano solos feature in all three movements of the harrowing ‘Sorrowful Songs’ symphony: the first movement is based on a 15th century Polish lament of Mary set to music, the second uses a prison inscription from the Second World War as its motif, and the third is based on a Silesian folk song.