“To create reverberations in the souls of millions”

The above motto and ambition functioned as the guiding principle for Honvéd Ensemble Male Choir to stage this event in remembrance of the 140th anniversary of Zoltán Kodály’s birth.

This celebratory concert features specialities dedicated to male choirs composed for works by Hungarian poets Ferenc Kölcsey, Endre Ady and Sándor Petőfi. In addition, the event also stages diverse and colourful works for folk song choirs. The concert radiates with patriotism, hymnic elevatedness and an energising revolutionary mood, which is spiced with folk spirit and cheerful bliss. The extreme dynamism, thematic versatility, seemingly limitless energy and caressing tenderness that characterise the event all go to demonstrate that Hungarian performers and Central Europe’s biggest professional male choir Honvéd Ensemble are truly credible performers of composer Zoltán Kodály’s works for male choir.

Honvéd Ensemble Male Choir is delighted to cultivate the above legacy, and is proud to recognise that composer Zoltán Kodály dedicated numerous of his works and adaptations to male choirs.

Programme:

Zoltán Kodály: Poet Kölcsey’s Huszt (Huszt)

Zoltán Kodály: Poet Kölcsey’s Wine Song (Bordal)

Zoltán Kodály: Poet Ady’s The Peacock Flew (Fölszállott a páva)

Zoltán Kodály: Sándor Petőfi’s God’s Miracle (Isten csodája)

Zoltán Kodály: Sándor Petőfi’s Child of an Imprisoned Nation (Rab hazának fia)

Zoltán Kodály: Sándor Petőfi’s Life or Death (Élet vagy halál)

Kodály: Horatius: Justus et tenacem

Kodály: Canticum nuptiale

Zoltán Kodály: Soldiers’ Song – Folk Song (Katonadal)

Zoltán Kodály: Sándor Petőfi’s Swindler Bandi Büngözsdi (Hej Büngözsdi Bandi)

Zoltán Kodály: Who to Marry? – Folk Song (Kit kéne elvenni)

Zoltán Kodály: Tavern Song (Mulató gajd)

Zoltán Kodály: Songs from Karád – inspired by folk songs (Karádi nóták)

With:

Bence HORVÁTH – trumpet

Roland NAGY– drums

Conductor: Richárd RIEDERAUER 

In the scope of the event series “Zoltán Kodály 140,” Hungary’s public service radio channel MR3 Bartók Rádió will offer live streaming of the concert.

Organizer: Honvéd Férfikar