Alma Mater Chorus and the New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir
Choir marathon of Liszt’s works

Choir marathon of Liszt’s works 
Photographer: Andrea  Felvégi / Müpa

Alma Mater Chorus and the New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir
Choir marathon of Liszt’s works

Sacred Heart Jesuit Church

12 October, 2024 | 8.30 pm

Free programme

Online registration for the concert is now closed. The remaining free seats in the church can be taken on a first come, first served basis.

Bruckner: Os justi
Bruckner: Ave Maria
Bruckner: Virga Jesse
Brahms: Drei Motetten (Three Motets), Op. 110
Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H
Liszt: Christus – excerpts
Featuring: Péter Pásztor – voice, Brúnó Kaposi – organ
Conductor: Péter Erdei

Anton Bruckner, the bicentenary of whose birth is celebrated by the music world this year, was wholeheartedly idolizing his older colleague, Ferenc Liszt. They met in person only very late, in 1885, in Vienna. Brahms had made Liszt’s acquaintance much earlier, in 1853, at the age of twenty, when, thanks to the assistance of József (Joseph) Joachim, he could visit Weimar and enjoy Liszt’s hospitality for a longer period of time. It was during this stay that Brahms anecdotally fell asleep while Liszt was performing his Sonata in B minor to a select audience – something that did not escape Liszt’s attention. A concert programme with music by Bruckner, Brahms and Liszt was barely something their contemporaries could countenance. Today, it seems more surprising the three musical ‘Weltanschauungen’ (worldview) were felt to be so radically different, as were their respective attitudes to sacred music.

Sacred Heart Jesuit Church
1085 Budapest, Mária utca 25.

Sacred Heart Jesuit Church

12 October, 2024 | 8.30 pm

Free programme

Online registration for the concert is now closed. The remaining free seats in the church can be taken on a first come, first served basis.

Sacred Heart Jesuit Church
1085 Budapest, Mária utca 25.