Richard Strauss Marathon: Antal Zalai, Mária Kovalszki and the Hungarian National Choir
Program:
R. Strauss: Sonata in E-flat major for Violin and Piano, Op. 18
R. Strauss: Seven lieder for four-part chorus
- 1 Winterlied (poem by Joseph von Eichendorff)
- 2. Spielmannsweise (poem by Otto Franz Gensichen)
- 3. Pfingsten (poem by Adolf Böttger)
- 4. Käferlied (poem by Robert Reinick)
- 5. Waldessang (poem by Adolf Böttger)
- 6. Schneeglöcklein lacht (poem by Adolf Böttger)
- 7. Trüb blinken nur die Sterne (poem by Adolf Böttger)
After marathons centred on Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, Bartók, Bach, Stravinsky, Mendelssohn and Schumann, Brahms, Bernstein and the music of America, Debussy and Ravel, and then Beethoven again, and with the Liszt and Berlioz marathon held online owing to the coronavirus, this season the spotlight will focus on Richard Strauss. The German composer's long and remarkable career spanned from the second half of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th, and he impacted the development of modern music, including the early efforts of Béla Bartók, with both his operas and symphonic poems. The list of performers will once again consist of outstanding soloists, chamber ensembles and orchestras from the Hungarian music scene. In addition, students from the Liszt Academy are looking forward to welcoming visitors to their free concerts in the Glass Hall, while memorable performances will be shown on the screen in the Auditorium.
The artistic director of the series is Iván Fischer.
Conductor: Csaba Somos
Featuring:
violin: Antal Zalai
piano: Mária Kovalszki
Hungarian National Choir
Presented by: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Müpa Budapest
