Programme

Debussy, Claude:
Jeux

Bartók, Béla:
Rhapsody for violin, Nos. 1 and 2

Bartók, Béla:
Four pieces for orchestra, op. 12

Bartók, Béla:
Cantata profana

This concert, with works by Bartok and Debussy, is an homage by the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir on the anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók!

According to the experts, Debussy created his most modern and exciting score when he composed ballet music based on the search for a lost tennis ball. We will never know whether Jeux really could have been the beginning of a new period for Debussy, but Zoltán Kocsis will certainly show that it is a wonderful composition worth discovering. Few people can match his deep feeling for and understanding of the art of the French composer.

The Bartók programme within the concert timed to coincide with the birthday of Béla Bartók could be a full programme in itself. In addition to the popular violin rhapsodies it features two basic works of 20th century music. A few years ago it was still necessary to point out the exceptional merits of the Four pieces for orchestra. Today, the work occupies its rightful place in the repertoire and in the hearts of concert-goers!

Artists

Kocsis, Zoltan, Conductor

Ungarische Nationalphilharmonie, Orchestra