The album, which belongs to the famous jazz series of the impresario Norman Granz, conjures up the atmosphere of a scorching jam session. While collective improvisation is one of the most authentic stylistic cues of jazz, the company of fantastic musicians delivers standards that are still classical today with amazing freshness and forward-thinking concepts. The Oscar Peterson trio, who regularly stands out under the auspices of Granz, guarantees the most tasteful jazz music, and the legendary rhythm section is complemented by drummer Connie Kay. The musicians of the Modern Art Orchestra will perform the material of the concert taking into account the most important characteristics of the original recording in a real jazz jam session. The concert stream will be available on the websites of BMC and Opus Jazz Club, and on the Modern Art Orchestra's Facebook page. The stream is free to watch and will be preceded by an interactive online discussion with the artists.

Dear Viewers, Anima Musicae's March 11 concert is cancelled due to technical reasons. We appreciate your understanding.

Das Wohltemperierte Streichquartett is a unique string quartet concert series by the Classicus Quartet that presents a cross-section of the repertoire based on tonality.

   

A glissonic az egyik legújabb hangszer, 2016-ban kezdte el fejleszteni a szaxofonos Váczi Dániel és Terebessy Tóbiás. Az újdonság lényege abban áll, hogy a hangszer testén lyukak helyett egy hosszanti rés található, amely egy húrszerűen kifeszített mágneses pánt segítségével bárhol le lehet zárni. Ezáltal játékmódjában a vonós hangszerekhez hasonlít, míg megszólaltatásában megmarad az eredeti fúvós jelleg. A hangszer alig öt éves, ám máris van zeneszerző, aki művészi lehetőségek sorát fedezte fel benne. A klasszikus hangszerek felől nézve a glissonic vajon egy kivételes hegedű, vagy inkább egy speciális klarinét? S ha már viszonyítások: egy napjainkban írt zongoraverseny vállalhatja-e az összehasonlítást Mozart hasonló műfajú darabjával?

Song and spoken word; four female destinies presented in two semi-staged musical productions. In 1988 and 1989, István Láng composed his TV opera of Iván Bächer’s play Oscar, which will now be presented to a concert hall audience for the first time. László Tihanyi, the evening’s conductor, who is continuing his series of musical and theatrical compositions at the request of the UMZE Ensemble, writes about his latest work in progress: Elvira – who as a young nun inflamed by an unquenchable love succumbed to the seduction of Don Juan and subsequently bore his child – is spending her last lonely days in the convent where she sought refuge from her disgrace. As her mind grows dim, she rereads the poems she once wrote for her lover and writes a diary, brooding upon her lost child and her own tragic fate. These two stages of her life blend in the work, where the voice of the enamoured girl is rendered by a singer, while words of the old woman who is preparing to depart her empty life are interpreted by a prose actress. This lyrical love and self-punishing agonizing has been fashioned with deep empathy into a libretto by pianist and poet Melinda Fellegi.

"I am most attracted to Baroque music and to the music of ages before the Baroque, and of course to the music by my contemporaries," said Bánk Sáry recently. In his freshly completed composition, “The Eternal Poem,” however, he looks far farther, both in time and space: with the piece, he summoned a Chinese poet who was active 1300 years ago. But how was all this received in China? Janáček's piece for string ensemble refers to a baroque genre, and László Sáry's work, completed in 2017, was created for the 200th anniversary of the birth of the poet János Arany. Arany's famous “Old man with the tambourine” is summoned; he sometimes recalls old songs, or comes up with his own, with lyrics that are “highfaluting, with a German melody”. Maybe Arany (or László Sáry) was thinking of Bach? But what makes the hour of our death sweet, and who can we long for it? We can promise that in Classic Lights, there will be no questions left in the air after the new season of the concert series.

Szerenádok, vonósok és rézfúvósok. Eötvös Péter Szerelemről és más démonokról című operájának tenoráriáját dolgozta át kürtverseny-tétellé; Fekete Gyula Harsonaversenyét (2004) hangszerének kivételes képességű virtuóza, Fejér András számára írta.