First, a 21st-century Hungarian composition will be presented, which, with its wide-ranging, cantata-like short movements, imbues St. Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun with timelessness and eternity. The second half of the concert begins with a rediscovered musical rarity. Then, in the last piece, the final farewell in Fauré's famous Requiem will be transformed into an uplifting feeling of yearning for "above".
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director: István Várdai
Concert master: Péter Tfirst
Purcell Choir
Soloists: Ágnes Kovács, Julian Orlishausen (vocal)
Choir director and conductor: György Vashegyi
Programme:
Levente Gyöngyösi: Cantici fratris sole
Interval
G. J. Werner: Vesperae de Confessore
Fauré: Requiem, Op 48
Collaborating partner: Haydneum – Hungarian Centre for Early Music Foundation
The Haydneum – Hungarian Centre for Early Music Foundation is supported by the Prime Minister’s Office – Hungary and the Gábor Bethlen Fund Management.
