Pannon Philharmonic

Conductor

András Vass

Education:
Twelve years of piano studies at the Targu Mures Arts Lyceum; two years of private study with the composer Boldizsár Csíky; Balthasar five years of conducting study led by  Ervin Lukács, András Ligeti, and Tamás Gál, after having admitted with maximum score to Franz Liszt Academy of Music… More

Soloist

József Lendvay

violin

Antal Suha

double bass

About the Programme

Program:
Vajda: Sinfonia, ma non troppo 
Paganini: Violin Concerto in D major 
Bottesini: Grand Duo Concertante 
Respighi: Pines of Rome

János Vajda composed a piece for the opening concert of the Miskolc Opera Festival’s (“Bartók and Europe 2010”) jubilee series, with a title Sinfonia ma non troppo. He called his work so funny because it is a symphony, which follows the classical structure, with opera-related puzzles.
Niccoló Paganini planned his later so popular Violin Concerto in D major (No. 1, op. 6) really in E flat major, as its orchestration notes show. The written stuff seemed to be played impossible so the Maestro “tuned over” his violin at the premiere…
Giovanni Bottesini composed his Gran duo Concertante for an orchestra and two double basses. It had been always difficult to find two talented soloists for this work so the Paganini-pupil made a transcription: in the piece, which is going to be played here, a solo violinist and a solo bassist charm the strings.
Four picture are opening in front of us in Ottorino Respighi’s The Pines of Rome: 1. The Pines of the Villa Borghese, 2. Pines beside a catacomb, 3. The Pines of Gianicolo, and 4. The Pines of the Via Appia. One could remember the piece because its magical shining and sparkling colours.