Robert SCHUMANN: Julius Caesar – overture, Op. 128

György Orbán: Sopra canti diversi for string orchestra

Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing – suite, Op. 11

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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (“Fate”), Op. 67 

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Dániel Erdélyi
 

Schumann’s late Julius Caesar Overture is an exciting rarity and its performance should cause quite a stir. The same is true of Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing Suite, also inspired by a Shakespeare play. It would be worth attending the third concert of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra’s Lukács season ticket just for these two works. The concert’s young conductor, Dániel Erdélyi, will, however, also conduct Sopra canti diversi, a work for string orchestra by György Orbán, between the two Shakespearean pieces. Following the interval, the audience will get to glory in Beethoven’s evocative “Fate” Symphony, his fifth, on what promises to be an unmissable evening.

The closing evening of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra’s Lukács season ticket follows a similarly exciting running order to the two previous concerts in the spirit of uncovering rarities, exploring contrasts and presenting joyous encounters with immortal classics. Once again, we will hear music inspired by Shakespeare, but there will be two pieces on this occasion: Schumann’s Julius Caesar Overture, one of the composer’s later works, is a musical treat that is as remarkable and worth getting to know as Korngold’s Much Ado About Nothing Suite. Between the two, a piece of Hungarian music: Sopra canti diversi is a three-movement work for string orchestra composed by György Orbán for the Erdődy Chamber Orchestra in 2014. After the interval, the concert will close with one of the most popular pieces of music of all time, Beethoven’s “Fate” Symphony No. 5. in C minor, in which the composer paints a portrait of the victorious emergence of man from a life of struggle. The concert will be conducted by Dániel Erdélyi, the outstanding talent of the young generation of Hungarian conductors.

Supported by: Hungarian Academy of Arts