Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, op. 84
\nLudwig van Beethoven: Two Romances for violin and orchestra – G major, op. 40, F major, op. 50
\nLudwig van Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang (“Elegiac Chant”), op. 118
\nLudwig van Beethoven: Meeresstille und Gl\u00fcckliche Fahrt (“Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage”), op. 112<\/p>\n
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Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98<\/p>\n
J\u00falia Pusker<\/strong> – violin<\/p>\n Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra<\/strong> Conductor: Keri-Lynn Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n Beethoven and Brahms: two key figures of the Classical and Romantic eras promise a rich experience at this concert of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hungarian National Choir. In the first part, which consists of works by Beethoven, well-known instrumental pieces will be interspersed with short cantata treats. Of the five pieces, the inspirational role of German literature is an essential component of three of them. Brahms\u2019s last symphony is both modern and a throwback to the past. The soloist of the concert will be an outstanding young Hungarian violinist, while, the distinguished Canadian conductor is a returning guest of the NFZ.<\/p>\n The Egmont Overture<\/em> was written to accompany Goethe\u2019s drama, and the rarely heard Elegischer Gesang<\/em> is set to a short poem by Johann Christoph Friedrich Haug and commemorating the death of an earlier poet, Johann Georg Jacobi. The other cantata rarity in the programme, Meeresstille und Gl\u00fcckliche Fahrt<\/em>, returns to Goethe by setting two of his poems to music, both of which also later on inspired Mendelssohn to compose a concert overture. In contrast to the vocal works, the two violin romances are absolute music, without any literary background. Interestingly, they belong to the most gentle part of Beethoven\u2019s output: none of them contain any struggle or passion \u2013 just the serene singing of the violin. Brahms\u2019s Symphony No. 4<\/em>, with its excitingly modern features, returns to the seriousness of the Baroque era with the passacaglia of the fourth movement.<\/p>\n Julia Pusker<\/strong><\/a>, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, is a pupil of Gy\u00f6rgy Pauk, among others, and the concert’s conductor, Keri-Lynn Wilson<\/strong><\/a>, is the pride of Canada and a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She is now a respected interpreter of both the concert repertoire and operatic masterpieces in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nHungarian National Choir (choirmaster<\/strong>: Csaba Somos)<\/p>\n