MÁV Symphony Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The solo part in the Cello Concerto in A minor by Saint-Saëns at this French recital by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra features truly one of the greatest living cellists, Frans Helmerson. Helmerson, who was launched on his career by among others Mstislav Rostropovich and Sergiu Celibidache, has travelled the globe as soloist and chamber musician in the past more than five decades. Following Cologne and Madrid, he is today permanent guest professor at the Berlin Academy of Music. The Saint-Saëns cello concerto, of undisputed significance in the renewal of French instrumental music after the Franco-Prussian War, was considered by both Shostakovich and Rachmaninov as the outstanding creation of its genre.
Following Berlioz and his dramatic King Lear – overture, which was also presented by Liszt, compatriot Ravel makes an appearance. The orchestral arrangement of the piano work Alborada del gracioso (‘Morning song of the jester’) is played as a curiosity, followed by the 2nd suite from the ballet music Daphnis et Chloé, one of his most popular orchestral compositions. The work dazzled contemporary audiences with its “immensely attractive, fresh and gentle treatment” of a Rococo pastoral world.