In memoriam Kodály A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Leading ensembles and soloists of the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music pay tribute to Zoltán Kodály, who died half a century ago this year, with a programme which despite the composer’s celebrated status still counts as a curiosity. The fact is that although works from the diverse oeuvre of this highly influential composer, folk musicologist and music educator are regularly performed at concerts, several genres are only rarely represented in the same programme. Centre stage is taken by the well-known grand works for mixed chorus, with major cycles closing off the parts: a kaleidoscopic arrangement of folk songs from the Mátra collection, and the Kálló Double Dance with dance songs to orchestral accompaniment. Furthermore, there is the evergreen Evening Song as well as the masterpiece Song to King St. Stephen, a work lasting just a few minutes in the dramatic scale of the great series. In addition to well-known songs there are a few more unusual pieces, similarly to those penned for cello; Kodály’s Adagio written when he was just 23 and Duo with its wealth of melodic invention and balance along with Lyrical Romance composed at the tender age of 16.