Featuring: Bence Horváth – trumpet, István Péter Farkas – trombone Conductor: Imre Kollár György Ligeti: Melodien Zoltán Kovács: Double Concerto for Trumpet and Trombone Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73 György Ligeti had this to say about his work Melodien (Melodies): “I composed my chamber music piece in 1971. Its title alludes to one of the properties of instrumental lines which is expressly melodic. The polyphonic texture of the parts by contrast is rather labyrinthine, so muc...h so that certain melodies only become noticeable for a few moments. The contrasting motion-characters are conceived as a progressive process without stop, in which the twists and turns of the river bed differ considerably: within the continuity there are sudden swells, indeed sections which break the even transformations of the whole process. Melodien is an abstract piece, but at the same time, it has a steely sparkle: the celesta, glockenspiel and crotales (a kind of early rattle) muffles the music with even tinsel”. Zoltán Kovács was born in Budapest in 1969. Besides his work as a composer he is also principal bassoon of the Hungarian State Opera House Orchestra and since 2004, has been a rehearsal conductor with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been asked to write countless orchestral and oratorio works for Hungarian symphonic ensembles. The Double Concerto was commissioned by two supreme woodwind soloists, Gábor Boldoczki and István Péter Farkas. Johannes Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 is a joyous, sunny work. It was written in 1877 and premiered that same year by the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by the Győr born János Richter. From January to March 2005, before its official opening, the Palace of Arts underwent a testing phase during which Hungarian orchestras performed almost daily, giving us not only a sense of the hall’s capabilities but also presenting a fascinating picture of Hungary’s orchestral life. The positive experiences gathered during this “spontaneous” festival spawned the concept of turning it into a permanent feature of the Palace of Arts’ concert series and it has now become an established new tradition. Thus in 2006, the series Symphonia Hungarorum – Hungarian Symphonic Panorama was created and in 2007, no less than fifteen Hungarian symphonic ensembles will represent themselves at the festival. As last year, the orchestras are free to choose their own programmes with the proviso they perform in each concert at least one 20th or 21st century Hungarian work.
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