Kurtág György: Colindă-Baladă
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Last event date: Tuesday, March 24 2026 7:30PM
SUN. MOON. FOLK SONGS.
“A continuation of ‘Cantata profana,’ ” said Romanian-Hungarian music historian Ferenc László about György Kurtág’s Colindă-Baladă. In his cantata, Kurtág used the text and melody of a traditional Romanian-language Christmas carol collected by Hungarian composer Bartók: the song tells the story of love between the Sun and the Moon, brother and sister. Written for tenor solo, choir and chamber ensemble, the composition evokes the spirit of Bartók and recalls Kurtág’s youth in Romania while also connecting the musical piece to both the pagan and the Christian past through the archaic text of the work. The folk song adaptation series entitled ‘Falun (In the Village)’ is an important piece of Bartók’s lifework in many aspects. The music is dedicated to Bartók’s second wife, Ditta Pásztory. The piece was written at a time of a creative crisis, which came to a definitive end in 1926, which constituted the beginning of Bartók’s creative period.
Program
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
György Kurtág: Colindă-Baladă
Bartók: Village Scenes
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto
Bartók: Divertimento
Conductor
Gergely Vajda
Artists
Sztojanov Georgi (tenor)
Mihály Borbély (clarinet)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra an Choir
Photo: Sztojanov Georgi ©Alp Klanten
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Aria and song recital Running time 2 hours including one interval Surtite Hungarian, English, same-language
A century ago, the world first encountered this remarkable opus, a work that soon became one of the cornerstones of twentieth-century musical innovation. Premiered in 1926, the singspiel is a milestone in Hungarian music history: its composer, Zoltán Kodály, fulfilled his aspiration to elevate Hungarian folk song of ancient origin to the same status as classical music, by virtue of its equivalent values, placing it on the stage of the nation’s Opera House.
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