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classical music, opera, theatre
MÁV Symphony Orchestra
28 April 2016, Thursday
5:30 pm - 7:40 pm
one interval
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Conductor:

Gábor Takács-Nagy

Featuring:

piano Zoltán Kocsis

Rachmaninoff

Vocalise, op. 34

Mozart

Piano Concerto in G major, K. 453

szünet

Dvořák

Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88

The piece to open this concert is, technically speaking, a song without words. Unlike in Mendelssohn's sense of the expression, however, this one was actually written for a voice, which the composer treats as an instrument. Instead of words, the singer produces, and sustains throughout the duration of the piece, a single, shifting sound, a technique that is very demanding to both convey musically and to describe. This piece is often performed on various instruments, ranging from the violin to the tuba.

The genre of the piano concerto followed Mozart throughout his entire life. He composed his first pieces as a child, and the last in the year of his death. With Mozart, the orchestra is not there simply to accompany the solo instrument's virtuoso runs, but to play with it as a chamber partner, with a pronounced role in the orchestra going to the winds (playing in the background throughout). In this concert work in G major, the flute, oboes, bassoons and horns will serve as chamber partners to soloist Zoltán Kocsis.

Dvořák composed nine symphonies altogether. Each one is a superb piece, but it is the final three that became truly popular. The final masterpiece, From the New World, is preceded chronologically by the Symphony No. 8 in G major. The beginning deserves special appreciation: the cellos sound as if they had already been playing for a long time, only imperceptibly. There is something nostalgic about this work, but its closing notes also speak to those listening to it today. It expresses the joy of celebration, in perfect harmony with the sunny and open personality of conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy, the orchestra's previous artistic director.

Presented by: MÁV Symphony Orchestra

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