THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY, 19.30
FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY, 19.00
GRAND HALL
SOLTI HALL
PURE BAROQUE LESZEK MOŻDŻER & HOLLAND BAROQUE
MARVELLOUS CLASSIC & ROMANTIC INSTRUMENTS RÓBERT MANDEL’S HISTORY OF INSTRUMENTS SERIES
Leszek Możdżer (piano) Holland Baroque
HOLLAND BAROQUE
The Polish pianist phenomenon Leszek Możdżer is one of the greatest characters of modern jazz in Europe. Hungary’s jazz connoisseurs have already come across him as a member of various bands as well as playing solo, for ins tance on the stage of the Liszt Academy. Holland Baroque, leading lights on the international early music scene, are similarly not unknown to Budapest audiences having played (with their hallmark ‘unbridled energy’) a selection of the Brandenburg Concertos in autumn 2014. Specializing in 17–18th century music, they have worked together with such distinguished figures of the historically informed practice as Emma Kirkby, Rachel Podger, Alexis Kossenko and Matthew Halls, although they are equally delighted to share a stage with musicians coming from other areas of music. They managed to ruffle the feathers of the more conservative music audiences in the company of Jacques Brel and jazz trumpet player Eric Vloeimans. It is impossible to say how many feathers will be ruffled by the concert series of Leszek Możdżer and Holland Baroque launching in February 2017 and making a stopover in Budapest, but it is virtually certain that the music of Bach – in one form or another – will resound around the walls of the Grand Hall. Tickets: HUF 2 900, 4 100, 5 200, 6 500 Organizer: Liszt Academy Concert Centre
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Mozart: Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica and Quartet in C minor, K. 617 Haydn: Baryton Trio in F major Albrechtsberger: Concerto for Jew’s Harp in F major Hummel: Fantasy Mozart: Four Minuets, K. 601 Deutsch: Minuet and Trio for Nail Violin Christa Schönfeldinger (glass harmonica) Albin Paulus (Jew’s harp) Roland Szentpáli (serpent, ophicleide, saxhorn and tuba) Róbert Mandel (nail violin) Savaria Baroque Orchestra (artistic director: Pál Németh) Some instruments are simply timeless and others enjoy just a short burst of fame before disappearing. Some instru ments appear to be strange mutations of their modern-day cousins, while it is given to others that they should play a key role amidst unusual circumstances. One such was the baryton, favourite of Nikolaus ‘The Magnificent’ Esterházy I, an instrument that Haydn wrote nearly 200 works for. Róbert Mandel has dealt with these forgotten instruments for very many years although typically he has not approached this from a museologist’s perspective. Instead, he and his partners such as Christa Schönfeldinger and Roland Szentpáli look first and foremost at how it is possible to play these musical instruments with a high degree of authenticity for 21st century audiences. Tickets: HUF 1 900, 2 500 Organizer: Liszt Academy Concert Centre