19 SEPTEMBER 2025. 4:00 p.m. (16:00)

OLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC CHAMBER HALL

FOURTH CARPATHIAN BASIN CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL – MEETING ABBE LISZT

Lectures on music history, roundtable discussion and guided tour of Liszt's former residence, concert of Liszt's works

The Fourth Carpathian Basin Classical Music Festival will once again offer lectures on music history for the general public, this time on the sacred music of Ferenc Liszt. The lectures will be given by outstanding Liszt-experts: music historians Mária Eckhardt, Zsuzsanna Domokos, Ágnes Watzatka and organist Zsolt Máté Mészáros. Afterwards all speakers will participate in a roundtable discussion led by music historian Emőke Solymosi Tari. During the guided tour the public can get acquainted with the musical instruments, furniture, and memorabilia of Liszt's former apartment. The program will conclude with a Liszt concert from 7:30 p.m. (19:00), featuring songs, solo and four-hand piano works, performed by singer Katalin Szutrély and pianists Apolka Bonnyai, Andrea Várnagy and Peter Caelen.

Programme:

4:00 p.m. Welcome speech
4:10 p.m. lectures
5:30 p.m. guided tour
6:10 p.m. roundtable discussion
7:00 p.m. intermission
7:30 p.m. concert

Lectures:

Mária Eckhardt: Liszt’s Psalm XXIII (In memoriam József Réti)
Zsuzsanna Domokos: The Esztergom Mass (Missa Solennis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran)
Ágnes Watzatka: The Legend of Saint Cecilia (Die heilige Cäcilia)
Zsolt Máté Mészáros: Liszt and the harmonium

Artistic director of the festival: Apolka Bonnyai
Participation in the concert is free, but registration is required.