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world music, jazz, popular music
To My Friend - a theatrical concert inspired by the correspondence between János Arany and Sándor Petőfi
National premiere
15 December 2023, Friday
7 pm - 8:15 pm
Festival Theatre

János Arany and Sándor Petőfi's correspondence comprised heartfelt conversations in which no topic was off limits. Private life, politics, money, public life and, of course, ambitious visions of reforming poetry. György Ferenczi and the 1-ső Pesti Rackák, the Tükrös Zenekar and two talented final-year acting students, Vilmos Krasznai and Ágoston Liber, will reanimate perhaps the two most important years of the two young poets' lives through the piercing humour of their letters.

It will be as if they were sitting down and conversing with us. Petőfi and Arany - fire and water. But as the old saying goes; opposites attract. György Ferenczi has composed music to the verses the poets wrote for each other, while the Petőfi poems that later turned into folk songs will be performed to music from the Tükrös Zenekar. The performance, based on a concept from Endre Liber, is brought to the stage by the choreographer and director Dusan Hégli and the actress and dramaturg Éva Enyedi.

Presented by: Planétás Kft.

Cast:

János Arany Vilmos Krasznai - prose, vocals
Sándor Petőfi Ágoston Liber - prose, vocals

Featuring:

accordion, vocals György Ferenczi
melodica, vocals Ádám Apáti
horn, vocals Gábor Bizják
cajon, vocals Miklós Jankó
mandolin, vocals Zsolt Pintér
viola Péter Árendás
violin, vocals Attila Halmos
violin Gergely Koncz
double bass András Lelkes
cimbalom, viola Endre Liber

Creators:

producer, musical editor, libretto Endre Liber
libretto, dramaturg Éva Enyedi
music György Ferenczi
director Dusan Hégli
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