Christmas Concert of the Hungarian National Philharmonic
The Birth of Light
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The opening piece will be the composition for mixed choir by Spanish neo-Romantic composer Javier Busto, which has deservedly become a popular feature of many concert programmes. A choral piece set to the medieval Marian hymn by Englishman Benjamin Britten is another piece that inspires awestruck silence. Rather than sending us into introspective ecstasy, János Vajda's Kolinda, composed in the 1980s and featuring psalm-inspired folk verses set to music, instead invites us to join a joyful shared celebration reminiscent of a pagan ritual. A rarity in the programme is the cantata written by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1930, which depicts the birth of Christ with theatrical sensitivity and enthrals listeners with its enchanting instrumentation. The concert concludes with perhaps Beethoven's best-known symphony, an ode to joy and fraternal love.
Presented by: Hungarian National Philharmonic
Sections
Conductors:
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Zsolt Hamar, Csaba Somos
Featuring:
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sopranoSzilvia Rálik
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altoIldikó Komlósi
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tenorTibor Szappanos
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bassPéter Fried
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Hungarian National Choir (choir master: Csaba Somos)
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Hungarian National Philharmonic
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