Hungarian National Choir / CAFe 2017

György Orbán: Chorus Book in memoriam A. S. II. – Lament (Domokos Szilágyi) / Chant (János Pilinszky) / Can You? (Péter Bornemissza) / Hungarian folk song (folk lyrics) / Lux aeterna (László Nagy)

Bartók: Two Romanian Dances for Piano, Op. 8a, No. 1 Allegro vivace  

Bartók: Village Scenes  

Kodály: Norwegian Maidens (Sándor Weöres)

Kodály: The Old (Sándor Weöres)

Kodály: I Will Go Look For Death (John Masefield)

Kodály: An Ode For Music (William Collins and William Shakespeare)

Kodály: Zrínyi’s Appeal (Miklós Zrínyi)

Featuring: Zsolt Haja – voice [9], Sándor Lukács – prose, Dóra Bizják – piano [2, 3]

Choirmaster: Csaba Somos

Conductor: Mátyás Antal

On paper, a poem is but dead text – which will immediately come to life when it is sounded: recited or sung. Now the National Choir and distinguished actors will sound the poems of Attila László Nagy, Sándor Weöres and János Pilinszky, among others.