FRANZ LISZT: Christus \u2013 oratorio<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Zita V\u00e1radi, \u00c1gnes Szalai<\/strong> soprano<\/p>\n Atala Sch\u00f6ck <\/strong>alto<\/p>\n Tibor Szappanos <\/strong>tenor<\/p>\n J\u00e1nos F\u00e1trai <\/strong>baritone<\/p>\n Mikl\u00f3s Sebesty\u00e9n <\/strong>bass<\/p>\n Szent Istv\u00e1n Philharmonic <\/strong><\/p>\n Hungarian National Choir <\/strong>(choirmaster: Csaba Somos<\/strong>)<\/p>\n Children\u2019s Choir of the Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly Hungarian Choral School<\/strong>\u00a0(choirmaster: Ferenc Sapszon, Borb\u00e1la Sapszon)<\/p>\n Conductor: Csaba Somos<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although the Christus<\/em> oratorio is Liszt\u2019s greatest work and enormous in its significance, its massive scope, the scale of the forces it requires and the remarkable efforts needed to perform it all conspire to ensure that it is heard only rarely. Now is the occasion: the audience will get to enjoy this extraordinary work, performed by the Hungarian National Choir and the Szent Istv\u00e1n Philharmonic, together with some outstanding Hungarian soloists and all under the baton of choirmaster Csaba Somos \u2013 150 years after the November 1873 Hungarian premiere that took place at the exact same venue, the Vigad\u00f3 Concert Hall.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Liszt began work on this grand oratorio in 1855, but did not complete his magnum opus until 1867. Of the works in the music literature that deal with the life of Christ, one major type deals with the theme of his birth, and the other with his death on the cross. The first group is comprised of such works as the Christmas oratorios by Gottfried Heinrich St\u00f6lzel, Heinrich Sch\u00fctz, Bach and Saint-Sa\u00ebns, while the second includes the Passions of Bach, Handel, Telemann, Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo P\u00e4rt and P\u00e9ter Zombola. What makes Liszt\u2019s Christus<\/em> oratorio unusual is the way that it draws its theme from the Saviour\u2019s entire<\/em> life, including both his birth and death as a single unity. In this regard, it is Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/em> that can be regarded as its closest predecessor. The oratorio consists of three parts: Christmas Oratorio, After Epiphany and Passion and Resurrection.<\/em> The vocal soloists taking the stage on this occasion \u2013 Zita V\u00e1radi, \u00c1gnes Szalai, Atala Sch\u00f6ck, Tibor Szappanos, J\u00e1nos F\u00e1trai and Mikl\u00f3s Sebesty\u00e9n \u2013 are all singers who are as sensitive to Liszt\u2019s mature style as they are to the spirituality of religious oratorios. Serving as the orchestra for the work is a superb guest ensemble: the Szent Istv\u00e1n Philharmonic. The conductor for the production, Csaba Somos, has headed the Hungarian National Choir since January 2016.<\/p>\n Dear Audience,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emerging from under the shadow of the coronavirus epidemic, this season has finally provided us with a calmer and more predictable environment, allowing the large-scale concerts by the Hungarian National Choir to successfully take place at last. Incorporating your feedback, we wish to continue our efforts to present our ensemble in the most diverse possible fashion next season as well.<\/p>\n The first of this series of four concerts will feature Liszt\u2019s most significant work: one that exceeds the boundaries of a standard oratorio. The Christus<\/em> oratorio is a gigantic work covering the entire liturgical year, with a symphonic orchestra, the soloists and, of course, the choir each playing a huge role. I myself have been preparing to conduct this masterpiece for decades, so it is a great honour to be able to take the stage in the company of such wonderful ensembles as the Hungarian National Choir and the Szent Istv\u00e1n Philharmonic. Incidentally, this performance is taking place in the Pesti Vigad\u00f3, the same venue where the work received its Hungarian premi\u00e8re, almost 150 years to the date after that event.<\/p>\n The second concert in our season ticket series promises to be a true musical and acoustic experience, as on this evening we will be singing Rachmaninov\u2019s a cappella cycle Vespers<\/em>. Since the work calls for unusual voice types (such as contrabasses), we are glad to be able to employ the special abilities of our ensemble.<\/p>\n Conducting this concert will be the Netherlands Radio Choir\u2019s talented young choirmaster, Benjamin Goodson.<\/p>\n After several years of planning, it is a great pleasure for us to finally be able to present Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s rarely heard Czech-language cantata The Spectre\u2019s Bride<\/em>. The singers performing the fairy-tale ballad under the baton of Tom\u00e1\u0161 Brauner are all excellent artists from the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n The final concert of the P\u00e1szti season ticket series concludes our musical journey with a programme of Hungarian music. This evening affords us the opportunity to hear Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly\u2019s singspiel The Spinning Room<\/em> in concert version. Partnering with the Hungarian National Choir yet again will be the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is celebrating its centenary.<\/p>\n On behalf of my fellow artists and myself, I warmly welcome you to the P\u00e1szti subscription concerts for the 2023\/24 season!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Csaba Somos<\/p>\n Choirmaster of the Hungarian National Choir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-121110","concerts","type-concerts","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["hu","en"],"languages":{"hu":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":{"alcim":"P\u00e1szti\/1","kiemelt_kep":{"ID":121111,"id":121111,"title":"2023.11.26","filename":"2023.11.26.png","filesize":447414,"url":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26.png","link":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/koncertek\/liszt-krisztus\/2023-11-26\/","alt":"","author":"951590","description":"","caption":"","name":"2023-11-26","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":121110,"date":"2023-04-17 10:35:13","modified":"2023-04-17 10:35:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-300x88.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":88,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-768x224.png","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":187,"large":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-1024x299.png","large-width":640,"large-height":187,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-1536x448.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":448,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":560,"person-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-165x165.png","person-size-width":165,"person-size-height":165,"person-size-2":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-165x220.png","person-size-2-width":165,"person-size-2-height":220,"album-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-263x263.png","album-size-width":263,"album-size-height":263,"news-lead-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-360x203.png","news-lead-size-width":360,"news-lead-size-height":203,"director-index-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-359x450.png","director-index-size-width":359,"director-index-size-height":450,"person-lead-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-555x555.png","person-lead-size-width":555,"person-lead-size-height":555,"slider-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023.11.26-1600x560.png","slider-size-width":1600,"slider-size-height":560}},"kiemelt_kep_en":null,"megjegyzes":"","esemeny_datum":"20231126","esemeny_idopontja":"7.30 pm","esemeny_vege":"10.15 pm","sajat_program":true,"esemeny_tipusa":["koncertek"],"esemeny_helyszine":{"ID":87584,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2016-09-08 08:02:37","post_date_gmt":"2016-09-08 08:02:37","post_content":"","post_title":"{:hu}Pesti Vigad\u00f3{:}{:en}Pesti Vigad\u00f3 Ceremonial Hall{:}","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pesti-vigado","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-10-22 08:33:35","post_modified_gmt":"2021-10-22 08:33:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/places\/pesti-vigado\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"places","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw","varos":"Budapest","orszag":"Magyarorsz\u00e1g","cim":"1051. Vigad\u00f3 t\u00e9r 2.","megjegyzes":"","weboldal":""},"helyszin_kategoria":"budapest","karmester":{"ID":78399,"post_author":"1","post_date":"2016-07-25 08:09:23","post_date_gmt":"2016-07-25 08:09:23","post_content":"{:hu}Diplom\u00e1j\u00e1t a Liszt Ferenc Zenem\u0171v\u00e9szeti Egyetemen szerezte, el\u0151bb \u00e9nek-zene tan\u00e1r \u00e9s karvezet\u0151, majd karmester szakon, Luk\u00e1cs Ervin \u00e9s G\u00e1l Tam\u00e1s tan\u00edtv\u00e1nyak\u00e9nt. Elv\u00e9gezte Johannes Moesus, J\u00fcrgen J\u00fcrgens \u00e9s Jurij Szimonov mesterkurzusait. 22 \u00e9ves kora \u00f3ta akt\u00edv k\u00f3rusvezet\u0151. Majdnem 17 \u00e9ven \u00e1t volt a Vasas M\u0171v\u00e9szegy\u00fcttes \u00c9nekkar\u00e1nak karnagya. 2002-ben megalap\u00edtotta a Vass Lajos Kamarak\u00f3rust, amelyet 2017-ig vezetett. Zeneigazgat\u00f3k\u00e9nt dolgozott a debreceni Csokonai Sz\u00ednh\u00e1zban, majd a P\u00e9csi Nemzeti Sz\u00ednh\u00e1zban, \u00e9s vezet\u0151 karnagya volt a Magyar R\u00e1di\u00f3 \u00c9nekkar\u00e1nak. Vend\u00e9gkarmesterk\u00e9nt \u00e9s karnagyk\u00e9nt sz\u00e1mos magyar szimfonikus zenekarral \u00e9s hivat\u00e1sos k\u00f3russal l\u00e9pett fel. K\u00fclf\u00f6ldi zenekarokn\u00e1l is vend\u00e9gszerepelt, \u00edgy a Salern\u00f3i Filharmonikus Zenekarn\u00e1l (Olaszorsz\u00e1g) \u00e9s Jap\u00e1nban a Szakatai Filharmonikus Zenekarn\u00e1l. Karnagyk\u00e9nt \u00e9s karmesterk\u00e9nt gyakran h\u00edvj\u00e1k Spanyolorsz\u00e1gba, Olaszorsz\u00e1gba, Oroszorsz\u00e1gba, Rom\u00e1ni\u00e1ba, G\u00f6r\u00f6gorsz\u00e1gba, Maced\u00f3ni\u00e1ba, Ausztri\u00e1ba, N\u00e9metorsz\u00e1gba \u00e9s K\u00edn\u00e1ba. A Liszt Ferenc Zenem\u0171v\u00e9szeti Egyetem tan\u00e1ra, zenei versenyek \u00e9s fesztiv\u00e1lok gyakorta felk\u00e9rt zs\u0171ritagja. A Magyar K\u00f3rusok \u00e9s Zenekarok Sz\u00f6vets\u00e9g\u00e9nek (K\u00d3TA) t\u00e1rseln\u00f6ke. Szakmai munk\u00e1ss\u00e1g\u00e1t Rub\u00e1nyi-d\u00edjjal, 2014-ben pedig Liszt-d\u00edjjal ismert\u00e9k el. 2015-ben megszerezte a \u201eDoctor of Liberal Arts\u201d (DLA) tudom\u00e1nyos fokozatot \u201esumma cum laude\u201d-min\u0151s\u00edt\u00e9ssel. A kort\u00e1rs magyar szerz\u0151k m\u0171veinek bemutat\u00e1sa ter\u00e9n szerzett \u00e9rdemei, valamint a Nemzeti \u00c9nekkar \u00e9l\u00e9n v\u00e9gzett magas sz\u00ednvonal\u00fa k\u00f3rus\u00e9p\u00edt\u0151 munk\u00e1ja elismer\u00e9sek\u00e9nt a Magyar \u00c9rdemrend Lovagkeresztje polg\u00e1ri tagozat kit\u00fcntet\u00e9s\u00e9t vehette \u00e1t 2020-ban.\u00a0 2023. m\u00e1rcius 15-i nemzeti \u00fcnnep\u00fcnk alkalm\u00e1b\u00f3l - a magyar nemzeti kult\u00fara, m\u0171v\u00e9szi alkot\u00f3munka ter\u00fclet\u00e9n v\u00e9gzett kiemelked\u0151 m\u0171v\u00e9szeti \u00e9rt\u00e9kteremt\u0151 munk\u00e1ja elismer\u00e9sek\u00e9nt - Magyarorsz\u00e1g \u00c9rdemes M\u0171v\u00e9sze d\u00edjban r\u00e9szes\u00fclt.{:}{:en}He earned his degree at Budapest\u2019s Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, first studying in the voice and music pedagogy and choral conducting courses, and later in the conducting course, under Ervin Luk\u00e1cs and Tam\u00e1s G\u00e1l. He also completed master classes with Johannes Moesus, J\u00fcrgen J\u00fcrgens and Yuri Simonov. He has been active as a choir leader since the age of 22 and served for nearly 17 years as the choirmaster of the Vasas Ensemble Chorus. In 2002, he founded the Lajos Vass Chamber Choir, which he led until 2017. He has also worked as the music director of Debrecen\u2019s Csokonai Theatre and later the National Theatre of P\u00e9cs, as well as holding the position of chief choirmaster of the Hungarian Radio Choir. He has appeared as a guest conductor and choirmaster with numerous Hungarian symphonic orchestras and professional choirs. Somos has also made guest appearances with orchestras in other countries, including the Salerno<\/em> Philharmonic Orchestra<\/em> in Italy and, in Japan, the Sakata Philharmonic Orchestra. He is frequently invited to Spain, Italy, Russia, Romania, Greece, Macedonia, Austria, Germany and China as both a choirmaster and conductor. A teacher at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, he is regularly asked to serve as a jury member of musical competitions and festivals. He serves as the vice president of the Hungarian Association<\/em> of Choirs, Orchestras and Folk Ensembles (K\u00d3TA). His professional work was recognised with a Rub\u00e1nyi Award, which was followed by a Liszt Award in 2014. In 2015, he earned his DLA, graduating summa cum laude. In recognition of his success presenting works by contemporary Hungarian composers and for his high-level choral development work at the head of the Hungarian National Choir, Somos was awarded the Knight's Cross (civilian grade) of the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2020.\r\n\r\nOn the occasion of our national holiday on 15 March 2023 \u2013 in recognition of his outstanding and valuable artistic contributions in the areas of Hungarian national culture and artistic creativity \u2013 he was named a Hungarian Artist of Merit.\r\n\r\n {:}","post_title":"{:hu}Somos Csaba{:}{:en}Csaba Somos {:}","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"somos-csaba","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-03-16 10:59:54","post_modified_gmt":"2023-03-16 10:59:54","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/?post_type=artists&p=78399","menu_order":0,"post_type":"artists","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},"karmester_2":false,"hazigazda":null,"muvek":[],"muvek_feluldefinialasa":false,"muvekrol_reszletesen":null,"is_muvekrol_reszletesen_en":false,"kozr_szemelyek":[],"muveszekrol_reszletesen":null,"is_muveszekrol_reszletesen_en":false,"kozr_szemelyek_feluldefinialasa":"","kozr_intezmenyek":[],"gombtipus":"jegy","jegyarak":"HUF 4,900, HUF 3,900","jegyvasarlas_gomb":"https:\/\/nfz.jegy.hu\/program\/liszt-krisztus-paszti1-146003\/968624","elkeltek_a_jegyek":false,"youtube_id":"","old_id":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concerts\/121110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/concerts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/concerts"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n