On the 556^th anniversary of the 1456 Battle of Belgrade - Nándorfehérvár

DANUBE DAY CELEBRATION CONCERT

21 July, Saturday, 2012
 in the Budapest Downtown Main Parish Church (Belvárosi Főplébániatemplom)

The Downtown Main Parish Church is the oldest church in Budapest. It is located at the Március 15 Square on the Pest side of the Danube near Elizabeth Bridge, next to the ruins of a Roman riverside fortress. It was in this church in 1541 that the Sultan Suleyman declared the city of Pest a part of the Turkish Empire. The church was later used as a Turkish Mosque. The church, which has been restored to provide its original function, displays today architectural features of the Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque times. A unique treasure of the church today is an original Muslim mihrab preserved with a Turkish inscription inside.

In the first couple of years during his stay in what was then Pest, Franz Liszt lived in the parish home of the downtown Main Parish Church as guest of Mihaly Schwender, the church's abbot. Social life at that time was thriving during his stay, with afternoon concerts and receptions often taking place. Maestro Liszt was active himself, he conducted pieces in the Parish Church on the largest number of occassions during his stay in Pest. He presented his eminent piece, the Missa Choralis for the first time in Hungary in this church, where the second, and best, performance of his other monumental piece, the Esztergom Mass - Missa Solemnis, took place. The premiere of his other work, the Via Crucis which he offered to choir leader of the church, also took place here in 1929. The Main Parish Church's senior music managers faithfully nurture Franz Liszt's spiritual legacy, which it reflects well that his works for organ, as well as his oratorios are regulary played during services and at concerts in the church.

Program on Saturday, 21 July

In the Main Paris Church on Március 15 Square

6:00 pm

Holy Mass

7:30 pm

Concert

"The Bright Day..." - Hungarian Csango folk song from Itilkoz
Rozália Mokány, Annamária Pusztinai


The revolution of Saint Elisabeth and W. Vogelweide - Birds - Competing with Me
Ómagyar Mária-siralom / after 1250
Mátyás Nagybáncsai: About the Nándorfehérvár Triumph of Hunyadi and Capistrano
Death is on the earth with a scythe / folk tradition
The true sory of the ordering of the tolling of bells at noon
Double Flutes - The Revolution of Instruments
The shout for the battle by Pipo Ozorai Pipo (Philippo Scolari): Song of Maria / 14th century
The heroic dance of Pál Kinizsi with the Turks - Ungarescha / October 13, 1479
Maria Song from Mrs. Kinizsi’s Magyar Benigna Prayers’ Book / 1492
The Memory of Matthias - History song/ around 1490
The Great Mother of Angels by András Vásárhelyi András /Franciscaner Friar/ 1508
A Dance by Veszprem Hajdus in the Castle Ditch while under Turkish attack /1530 k.
Bálint Balassi: Oh My Sweet Homeland - Fighters What Could Be - Death / 1594
God Bless Us - A Soldier’s Song
Performed by the Kecskés Ensemble


Franz Liszt:
Choral
Ave maris stella
Hosannah
Sancta Caecilia
Tu es Petrus
Performed by
András Virág Liszt prize winning organ player, and
Zsuzsanna Gion mezzo soprano


"Sorrowful Is This World" a Hungarian Csango folk song from Itilkoz
Performed by
Rozália Mokány, Annamária Pusztinai


A sacrifice by Bosnian Franciscaners
Molnár Albert Szenczi: In the Face of that Pagan Enemy /1606 (to the tune of Psalm 77)
János Rimay: Oh Dear Destroyed Declining Hungarian People
Jáno Szappanos: To the Holy Feedom… / 1604
A Song of An Exile
Bocskor Codex: Oh Poor Hungarians / 1697
Apponyi - Manuscript: Maria Songs in Rákóczi’s camps / 1730
Song from Transylvania: Should God Keep and Multiply Their Grane In There / 1704
Linus - Manuscript: Hungaricam menuet / 1729
András L. Kecskés: Teh Anthem of Transcarpathia / Nagyszőlős, Franciscaner Mission, 2002
Boldogasszony Anyánk - Tunes by Mihály Bozóky / from the book of the cantor of Dömös / Vác, 1797 / Text: p. Bonifác Lancsics - Pannonhalma / 1714.
Performed by
Kesckés Ensemble on medieval instruments
Anna Nagy Bartha, Zsófia Lindner, Péter Lévai, Ildikó Nagy, Tibor Bernáth, Gábor Lévai, Péter Molnár, Péter Kecskés, Gábor Domján
Art Director: András L. Kecskés award winning artist


Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in D minor, Air and Fugue
Performed by
András Virágh Liszt prize winning organ player

 

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