Csaba Somos DLA doctoral concert A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Liszt Prize-laureate Csaba Somos has headed the Liszt Academy Chorus since 2013, and for more than 20 years he has been a regular guest conductor of several domestic symphony orchestras and choirs, as well as sitting on the juries of top singing competitions. Here he has selected one of the most sublime works of Romantic church music, a test piece from a century and a half ago, for the concert marking the finals of his DLA doctorate. Puccini was 22 when, as a graduation exercise, he set to music the mass, and although the composition was a considerable success at its world premiere, it was never performed again in his lifetime, nor did it ever go to print. The next full performance of Messa di Gloria took place in 1952. The operatic tone and full-blooded melodiousness so characteristic of 19th century Italian ecclesiastical music is, naturally, typical of this work. A few tunes may well be familiar for many, for example, Agnus Dei, which Puccini used later in Manon Lescaut. Csaba Somos is partnered by one of the finest orchestras in the country, the National Choir, and the brilliant Miskolc Symphony Orchestra.