Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok

First up in this concert is Péter Zombola’s Symphony No. 1. Winner of the Erkel Ferenc Prize, this young contemporary composer has debuted many works at music festivals in Hungary and abroad, and he has been presented with several awards for composition. ▪ The middle work is the only piano concerto completed by Robert Schumann. The great Romantic composer made a start on writing it in 1841, although years earlier he had formulated the concept for a work in which virtuoso piano play would not compete with the orchestra but rather collaborate with it. ▪ Franz Schubert wrote a total of six masses, the last one being the Mass in E-flat major. He completed it just months before his death so he never actually heard it performed in public. It is a dynamic, grandiose composition in which soloists have a lesser role, with the large choral masses being decisive.