Kurtág100 | Chamber Music by Kurtág and Ligeti

 If the works are truly capable of interacting with each other, if this dialogue can faithfully reflect the private conversation between the two composers, then the programme compiled from the compositions of György Kurtág and György Ligeti can give us a taste of how Ligeti guided Kurtág throughout his life, or, as Kurtág put it, how “I followed him, sometimes directly, sometimes with a delay of a few years or even decades. Yet – I call this my ‘Imitatio Christi’ syndrome – the early years of our friendship were not characterised solely by his intellectual guidance. Without directly influencing me, his example shaped my tastes and even the direction of my private life.” The concert will feature solo string works, songs, piano pieces, and a trio from each composer, all key works in the Kurtág and Ligeti oeuvre.

 Program:

György Kurtág: Signs, games, messages for viola (selection)
Péter Bársony – viola

György Ligeti: Sonata for solo cello
Ditta Rohmann – cello

György Kurtág: Splinters, Op. 6c
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano
 
György Ligeti: Etudes
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano

György Kurtág: Hommage à R. Sch., Op. 15d
Horia Dumitrache  – clarinet
Péter Bársony – viola
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano 

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György Ligeti: Der Sommer
Anna Molnár – mezzo-soprano
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano 

György Kurtág: Signs, games, messages for string trio
Eszter Haffner – violin
Péter Bársony – viola
Ditta Rohmann – cello

György Kurtág: Fancsikó and Pinta (fragments), Op. 40
Anna Molnár – mezzo-soprano
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano 

György Ligeti: Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
Szabolcs Zempléni – horn
Eszter Haffner – violin
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano 

Featuring:

Péter Bársony – viola
Horia Dumitrache – clarinet
Zoltán Fejérvári – piano
Eszter Haffner – violin
Anna Molnár – mezzosoprano
Ditta Rohmann – cello
Szabolcs Zempléni – horn