Franz Liszt – Zoltán Kocsis: Festive March for the Goethe Centenary
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30

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Claude Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Béla Bartók – Zoltán Kocsis: Scherzo, BB 27/4

Boris Berezovsky piano

Female choir of the Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: János Kovács

The Hungarian National Philharmonic always commemorates the anniversary of Zoltán Kocsis’s death with a concert composed exclusively of pieces that were in one way or another important to the legendary conductor or his career. The opening and closing numbers, while serving as a reminder that Kocsis was a great performer of both Liszt and Bartók, are also gems of his work as an arranger. Rachmaninov and Debussy were both close to the pianist/conductor’s heart. Interpreting the Russian master’s Piano Concerto No. 3 will be Boris Berezovsky, who has worked with his Hungarian colleague several times.