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NEW YEAR’S CONCERT – Joseph Haydn: The Creation
January 1, Thursday, 19:00 Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Conductor: Ádám Fischer
The Palace of Arts New Year’s Concert, held for the first time in 2008, greets the year 2009 not through the standard "light classical music"; instead, in commemoration of the bicentenary of Joseph Haydn’s death, it features the composer’s magnificent oratorio translating the miracle of creation into the language of music. The 2009 concert thus represents the overture for the Haydn Year 2009, a special musical year dedicated to the master of the Viennese Classic period, one of the most prominent composers in world music history. Ádám Fischer, one of the most experienced and inventive interpreters of Haydn’s music, will once again conduct the orchestra. Fischer helped to establish the Eisenstadt Haydn Festival and the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra in 1987, serving as director of the latter to this day. The London Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Sir Thomas Beecham in 1932, is regarded as one of the finest symphony orchestras in the world. The invitation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its affiliated choir is warranted both by their international prestige and by the fact that it was during his years in London that Haydn drew inspiration from Händel’s oratorios and became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time. The oratorio, which took Haydn two years to compose, was premiered in Vienna late in April 1798. “Since then, The Creation has become one of the emblematic masterpieces of European music, an icon. However, it is not only the respect befitting a relic that has rendered the piece a compulsory part of any concert hall’s programme, alongside Bach’s passions, Händel’s oratorios and Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. We need The Creation. We long for someone to show us the beauty of the world again and to convey the sentiment that it is good to live on Earth. This is how The Creation becomes the music of eternal beginnings.” (András Batta)
Joseph Haydn’s Chamber Music for Keyboard Instruments
MR3 Radio Bartók’s Concert Series in Hungarian Radio’s Marble Hall
During the Haydn Year 2009, MR3 Radio Bartók will dedicate every other instalment of its traditional Monday concert series held at Hungarian Radio’s Marble Hall to Haydn’s chamber music. Renowned Hungarian musicians will perform almost all of Haydn’s piano sonatas and nearly half of his piano trios during the 22 concerts, all of which MR3 Radio Bartók will broadcast live. The concert series is balanced between historical instruments (harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord) and modern piano interpretations. Dezső Ránki, András Kemenes and the young László Borbély will perform solo concerts. Touched by the spirit of Haydn’s music, various generations of Hungarian musicians are collaborating in long-unheard, magnificent configurations, such as the trios of Imre Rohmann with Gyula Stuller and Miklós Perényi, Gábor Csalog with Kristóf Baráti and István Varga as well as Gábor Farkas with Kristóf Baráti and László Fenyő. Neither will this intimate chamber music be lacking in vocal performances: Adrienne Hauser will appear with Cleo Mitileneou, while Walter Moore will accompany Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz. Andrea Csereklyei, Andrea Meláth, Péter Drucker, András Regenhardt and István Kovács will perform the thirteen polyphonic songs radiating the wonderful serenity of the elderly Haydn accompanied by Katalin Komlós on the fortepiano. A banner lineup from Hungary’s harpsichord generation will form the heart of the historical programme: Zsolt Balog, Borbála Dobozy, Anikó Horváth, Aino Oláh and Ágnes Ratkó will perform with accompaniment from early string-music players Zsolt Kalló, István Kertész, László Paulik, Balázs Bozzay, Balázs Máté and Rezső Pertorini. The Trio Antiqua, famous for its robust trio-performances, will complete this sequence. Miklós Spányi will play Haydn’s favourite instrument, the clavichord, and—in no less a curiosity—will perform on the modern piano as part of a chamber group. The keyboard instrument will be given a rest only during a concert performed by Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas, Dóra Kokas and Márk Fülep. The MR3 Radio Bartók concert series is a must for those who would like to become familiar with the intimate face of Haydn’s music. These performances will offer a splendid panorama of the composer’s radiant chamber music, with the exception of his string quartets.
First International Trumpet Competition in Memory of Joseph Haydn
More at: www.filharmoniabp.hu
Celestial Harmonies The Complete Masses of Haydn in an Original Liturgical Setting
One Sunday afternoon each month during the Haydn Year 2009, a Haydn mass will be performed at the Parish Church at Március 15 Square in Budapest as part of a Tridentine Mass for which the works were originally composed. The performances offer a unique musical and spiritual experience: renowned Hungarian and international artists, choirs and orchestras will interpret the movements of Haydn’s masses not as a concert, but in the location prescribed by the Tridentine Mass liturgy, together with the Gregorian proprium of the given Sunday. Among the many important contributors will be the Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir, the Philharmonic Orchestras of Kassa, Debrecen and Győr, the Capella Savaria, the Kodály Choir of Debrecen, the Tomkins Choir and the Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis. During the Haydn Year 2009, the same contributors that appear at the events in Budapest will perform the composer’s masses at churches and concert halls in other cities throughout Hungary as well.
Haydn and the Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries A Three-Day Concert Series in Budapest What is the relationship between Haydn’s oeuvre and the music of the 20th and 21st centuries? Through what hidden channels does the great Viennese master influence contemporary composers? Could we possibly reveal new dimensions of Haydn’s works if we approached them through the lens of current and recent compositions? These are the questions that the concert series Haydn and the Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries is seeking to answer – just as it intends to evoke new questions. With his bold harmonies and innovative forms, Haydn is widely regarded as a pioneer in music history, which is probably the most important factor linking the composer’s music to the present. In addition to Haydn piano adaptations, the concert series programme also includes compositions for similar instruments from the Hungarian composers Veress and Kurtág. Haydn’s songs will also be presented as part of the concert series along with those of Ligeti and the composers of the Second Viennese School, particularly Webern. Bartók’s clarinet-violin-piano trio Contrasts will play a bridge role in the programme, exploring the similarities and differences between Haydn’s music and the folk-inspired works of prominent Hungarian composers. Audiences at the concert series will also have the opportunity to become acquainted with the homages of the French composers Ravel, Debussy and Dukas to Haydn, while a contemporary Hungarian piece will premiere during the series as well.
Haydn and the Music of the 20th/21st Century
Venue: VAM Design Center, 1061 Budapest, Király u. 26. Phone: 666-3100
Programme:
Friday 13 November 7.30 pm
Izabella Simon (piano), Katalin Halmai (voice), Tünde Szabóki (voice), Christoph Richter (cello), Ditta Rohmann (cello), Hanna Weinmeister (violin), Alexander Janiczek (violin), Dénes Várjon (piano)
Joseph Haydn: Sonata in D Hob. XVI:37
Izabella Simon (piano), Katalin Halmai (voice), Dénes Várjon (piano), György Lakatos (bassoon), András Keller (violin), Alexander Janiczek (violin), Hanna Weinmeister (violin), Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Szabolcs Zempléni (French horn)
Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in F („Il maestro e lo scolare”) Hob. XVII a:1
Sunday 15 November 7.30 pm
Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor Hob. XVIIa:6 Heinz Holliger: Rechant for clarinet
Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketpro.hu
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Joseph Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, a seminal piece in classical trumpet literature, was the aged composer’s final concerto and one of his most beautiful compositions. It was for this reason that the Philharmonia Budapest Concert Agency decided to dedicate the 43rd International Budapest Music Competition to Joseph Haydn. The competition will also serve as the opening event in the 50th Budapest Music Weeks, the city’s oldest music festival, which began a half century ago with the performance of a Haydn concerto. Sergei Nakariakov, whom is widely regarded as the world’s foremost trumpet virtuoso, will be the main performer at the opening concert of the trumpet competition on September 10, 2009. Having already recorded the complete trumpet literature, Nakariakov is currently interpreting cello literature, including Haydn’s cello concerto, on the flugelhorn. The international jury is composed of acclaimed artists and professors, such as Hans Gansch (Salzburg), Eric Aubier (Paris), Jouko Harjanne (Helsinki), Dai Zhonghui (Beijing), Tamás Velenczei (Berlin-Budapest), György Geiger (Budapest) and Zoltán Szűcs (Budapest). The members of the jury will also introduce themselves as soloists during the gala evening to take place on September 13. The Budapest Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio will perform at the semi-final and final rounds of the competition as well as at the opening and closing concerts at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. The young musicians from around the world who take part in the competition will be eligible for significant cash prizes, other special awards and festival and concert engagements. The deadline for registration is May 1, 2009. The International Trumpet Competition and the 50th Budapest Music Weeks are organized by the Philharmonia Budapest Concert Agency.
