LFKZ60-bérlet/4 - Fordulók

This is exactly what the 60-year-old Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra is doing when honouring contemporary composer László Dubrovay, also celebrating his 60th birthday, with staging one of his most successful works.

The rest of the concert can also be seen as a tribute to musical greatness, with the 110th anniversary of Benjamin Britten’s birth and the 130th anniversary of Tchaikovsky’s death providing an opportunity to perform some of the lesser-heard works alongside well-known masterpieces. Tenor Bogdan Volkov, a favourite of many for his outstanding operatic performances, is invited to showcase his talents in a different genre, performing the Britten song cycle. The glory of Tchaikovsky’s praise is further enhanced by the violin solo of Alexander Sitkovetsky, also taking the role of the guest concertmaster in Britten’s works.

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Artistic director: István Várdai

Soloist: Bogdan Volkov (tenor)

Guest concertmaster and soloist: Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin)

Programme:

Dubrovay László: String Symphony

Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18

Interval

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher (Memory of a dear place), op. 42

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10