Name: Zoltán Kocsis Tribute Concert
Start: 2022-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Müpa Budapest

Organization

Conductor

Martin Rajna

Chorus master

Csaba Somos

Contralto

Gabriella Busa

Alto

Baritone

János Fátrai

Others

Hungarian National Choir

Orchestra

Hungarian National Philharmonic

Müpa Budapest

Zoltán Kocsis Tribute Concert

Budapest

Hungary

Zoltán Kocsis Tribute Concert: Concert Various

Public

Concert

Approved

Liszt's Ave Maria is a piano piece that was also a part of Kocsis's repertoire, which is perhaps how the latter had the idea of arranging it for the orchestra. Rachmaninoff's symphonic poem The Isle of the Dead was inspired by a painting by Arnold Böcklin after the composer viewed a black-and-white photograph of Böcklin's work. When Rachmaninov saw the coloured version, however, he disappointedly commented that "If I had seen the original first, I could hardly have composed my piece. I prefer the black-and-white one.” The melody of the Gregorian chant Dies irae plays an important role in the Isle of the Dead, and also forms the basis for the next work in the programme, Liszt's Dance of Death. Indeed, in the composition written for piano and orchestra that follows after the interval, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, we will hear a final reference to this medieval melody that evokes the Last Judgement and which was so loved by Romantic composers. The Bells of the Strasbourg Cathedral, the oratorical work from Liszt that completes the show, was dedicated to the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is a rarely performed piece that presents the struggle between Good and Evil. Martin Rajna's career has been making great strides both in Hungary and further afield. Olga Kern is a piano virtuoso of Russian origin who resides in America and was the 2001 winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

English

Zoltán Kocsis Tribute Concert by Various, Ó (2022/2022), Seoltóir Martin Rajna, Müpa Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid