The composition, which utilizes phrases from the National Anthem and Appeal, launches a programme of works picked from three centuries of Hungarian music under the baton of Ádám Medveczky, the eternally youthful conductor with a deep commitment to the staging of domestic music. The second work immediately brings us into the 21st century: László Dubrovay’s Double Concerto dates from 2015. The three-movement Double Concerto dedicated to the memory of Bartók includes performances by the two Jávorkai brothers, violinist Sándor and cellist Ádám, for whom the composer actually wrote the piece. The second half opens with Two Songs (1912) written for bass vocal and orchestra by Zoltán Kodály, featuring the talent of Krisztián Cser, who has perhaps the finest Hungarian bass voice today. The closing piece in this programme is a 19th century symphonic work similarly written for a festive occasion, just like the Erkel composition that opens the concert. The symphonic poem Die Ideale (The Ideals) from 1857 by Ferenc Liszt extols the virtues of the two geniuses of Weimar, Goethe and Schiller, on the occasion of the unveiling of a memorial to these twin literary stars. 

Program:
Ferenc Erkel: Festive Overture
László Dubrovay: Double concerto for violin, cello and orchestra
--- intermission ---
Zoltán Kodály: Two songs, op. 5
Ferenc Liszt: The Ideals, S.106

Featuring: 
Sándor Jávorkai - violin
Ádám Jávorkai - cello
Krisztián Cser – bass

Conductor: Ádám Medveczky