Throughout the first hundred years of its history, cinema had a profound influence on the other arts, inspiring many a new work. Jean Cocteau's 1946 Beauty and the Beast came to be an inspiration for Philip Glass, who composed more than accompanying music when he replaced the original dialogues with a part written for four voices. Nor is this the only "film concert” in Glass's oeuvre: his arrangement for Tod Browning's 1931 Dracula, and his three scores for Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi trilogy, also explore the idea that the relationship of music and motion picture is worth reconsidering. Further object lessons of the principle include soundtracks for the works of such cinematographers as Martin Scorsese, Errol Morris, Peter Weir and Stephen Daldry. The Palace of Arts has already proved a fabulous venue for a film concert, as at the opening show of the 2012 Budapest Spring Festival, when Hortobágy was screened while László Lajtha's score was performed live.

A stage conversation under the title Preface will precede the concert from 6.30 pm, giving ticket holders the opportunity to better familiarise themselves with the musicians and the works they will perform.

Presented by: Palace of Arts