Closing Concert of the 500th Commemorative Year of the Reformation A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The closing concert of the 500th Commemorative Year of the Reformation sees 20th-21st century Hungarian works inspired by the Reformation in dialogue with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Orgelbüchlein is a collection of chorale preludes by Bach, most of which derive from Weimar; György Kurtág selected seven from this volume in order to make four-hand arrangements illuminating the polyphonic structure. This is the first time in years that Kurtág’s monumental solo cantata, his first true major work, The Sayings of Péter Bornemisza, can be heard in Hungary. Zoltán Jeney, the greatest creator of church music of the past several decades, composer of the Funeral Rite, wrote his cantata at the request of the Reformation Memorial Committee. The composer compiled the libretto from Biblical texts and works of German chorales, 16th century ecclesiastical poetry, Angelus Silesius and contemporary Hungarian literature. The Aus tiefer Not chorale creates a bridge between the Jeney and Bach cantatas.