Now numbering 300 members, the Carpathian Basin United Calvinist Choir brings together the finest choirs in Hungary, as well as inviting singers from Transcarpathia, Transylvania, Slovakia and Vojvodina each year. Accompanying the combined choir at this concert, which is composed of four sections, each conducted by a different choirmaster, will be renowned organist András Gábor Virágh. Each section will be preceded by a reading from the Bible, delivered by the bishops. There will be four opportunities to join in with the singing at the concert. "At the end of the night - partly as an expression of solidarity - we all join hands and sing the Hungarian national anthem, followed by an episcopal prayer. We then recite together the Lord's Prayer and an episcopal blessing before leaving this concert hall that has become a sacred space," says event director Gergely Böszörményi. Some of the hymns are sung in a single part, while others employ several vocal parts, in order to "present and preserve them as choral masterpieces," Böszörményi emphasised.

Reciting the episcopal prayer and blessing will be Calvinist bishop Zoltán Balog, president of the Synod. Calvinist bishops József Steinbach and Dániel Pásztor will read the passages from the scriptures.

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