Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 PM in the Lower Lobby

Oriol Sans, conductor

Performing music by four composers with Hungarian connections, the concert opens with the intense and haunting Symphony No. 39 by Franz Joseph Haydn, who from 1761 until 1790 worked for the Hungarian noble family of the Esterhazy. One of György Ligeti’s early works, his colorful and exciting Concerto Romanesc, will follow. The five arranged piano pieces that comprise the Hungarian Sketches by Béla Bartók, born in a Romanian town that was at that time part of the Kingdom of Hungary, will open the second half. Finally, Les Préludes, a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt, considered the greatest Hungarian pianist and composer of the 19th century concludes this concert.

PROGRAM: Haydn- Symphony No. 39; Ligeti- Concerto Romanesc; Bartók- Hungarian Sketches; Liszt- Les Préludes