Gergely Ménesi, Mátyás Antal & Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra, who over the last few years have strengthened their brand image and taken an increasingly active part in concert life, perform at this recital under the batons of two conductors. Alongside Gergely Ménesi who oversees the day-to-day operation of the symphonic orchestra, the other conductor for this recital is Bartók–Pásztory Prize winning artist Mátyás Antal, who is similarly a lecturer at the Liszt Academy, moreover as flautist he teaches students at the wind department. This is why the appearance of the Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor (1878) in this programme of Antonin Dvořák works comes as no surprise, which together with the Serenade for Strings in E major (1875) are popular and fine examples of Slavic Romantic chamber music. However, the focal point of the concert is certainly the Symphony No. 8 that even the New World Symphony cannot overshadow: it is a masterpiece by the Czech maestro (1889) that follows the Schubert-Brahms tradition of the genre, embellishing this with sentimentalism and Slavic folk or at least folk-like dance motifs.