Danubia Orchestra Óbuda A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

“It goes without saying that this exalted piece of our national music, by its artistic idealization, was the most interesting part of the concert focusing all the attention,” wrote a critic about Mihály Mosonyi’s piece on the death of István Széchenyi. The orchestral version of the piano work by the composer, who was born 200 years ago and died 145 years ago, was performed at the time, as a world premiere, under the baton of Ferenc Erkel. Since then Funeral Music on the Death of István Széchenyi has barely been performed in a concert hall, so it is an exciting undertaking on the part of the young orchestra and Máté Hámori, the ambitious artistic director. Liszt’s orchestral Faust theme – similarly transcribed from piano works and dating from 1860 – is also rarely played, although the second movement, the Mephisto Waltz, is one of the most original pieces of music that can be heard on the piano. After the intermission it is the turn of a masterpiece by Bartók composed five years before his death 70 years ago. The concerto rates as a popular orchestral work both in Hungary and abroad. This is a programme of exceptional richness from three Hungarian composers at an unmissable evening for all who love interesting compilations and sublime music.