Program:
Michael Praetorius – Jenő Sárhelyi: Csengő hangú ének szól (A tinkling song resounds)
Alessandro Scarlatti: Exsultate
Arvo Pärt: Bogoróditse djévo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Robert Schumann: Der König von Thule
Gioachino Rossini: O salutaris hostia
Hugo Wolf: Der Feuerreiter
Zoltán Kodály: Szép könyörgés (Beautiful plea)
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Péter Tóth: Halál, halál, de kegyetlen (Death, death, how cruel) – premiere
György Deák-Bárdos: Eli, eli!
Máté Balogh: Die Elster – premiere
Sándor Szokolay: A zengő csudaerdő balladája (Ballad of the resounding miracle forest)
Gergely Gulyás: Elindultam szép hazámból (I left my beautiful homeland) – premiere
Lajos Bárdos: Első népdalrapszódia (First folk song rhapsody)
Lajos Bárdos: Csillagvirág (Star flower)
Featuring:
Budapest Lantos Choir
Gergely Kovács – piano
Choirmaster: Tamás Szarka
Assistant choirmaster: Zoltán Németh
The Budapest Lantos Choir has been celebrating the power of music and community for 75 years. On this special anniversary, we look back on the choir's rich history, while looking forward to the future with renewed enthusiasm. The anniversary concert invites us on a special journey, recalling the most beautiful moments of the past decades through the encounter of classical masterpieces and contemporary melodies. The joy of singing together and meeting the audience has always been a matter of the Budapest Lantos Choir's heart - let's celebrate together, because music is our common language and the most beautiful bond between us!