The St. Anne Church makes home for our organ-concert series.

The St. Anne Church is one of the most beautiful baroque buildings of Budapest. The construction of the church started in 1740, according to the plans of Kristóf Hamon, and was completed by Mátyás Nepauer in 1761. In the next 200 years the church suffered from wars, floods and earthquakes, even it was planned to be demolished, owing to the construction of the metro network. Fortunately this plan was not realized, and the church was reconstructed between 1970-1984.

The programme of the concert was adapted for the organ of this church by Gábor Lehotka, professor of the Academy of Music in Budapest. Other participants of the seria  are Anasztázia Bednarik, Miklós Teleki and László Attila Almásy, who regularly give concerts in Hungary, Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

The arias of the program are performed by Kolos Kováts, one of the most famous and talented concert an oratorio singer in Hungary. He recieved the Liszt Ferenc prize (1977), Merit of Art (1984), and in 1992 he recieved the highest prize hungarian artist can aquire: the Kossuth Prize.
 

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Gábor Lehotka: A Little Night Music (Movement Nr. 1 – Allegro) 6’ ou bienWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: F minor Fantasy – 12’

2. Antonio Vivaldi: 4 Seasons – Winter – 4’ ou bien Tomaso Albinoni – Gábor Lehotka: Adagio – 6’

3. Antonio Vivaldi - Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in A minor (Allegro, Adagio, Allegro) (BWV 593) – 12’

4. Franz Schubert – Miklós Teleki: Ave Maria – 4’ ou bien Franz Liszt: Ave Maria (Arcadelt) 5’

5. Franz Liszt: B-A-C-H Prelude and Fugue – 13’

6. Gábor Lehotka: Noel (Jubiloso, Rubato, Scherzo, Finale) – 15’ ou bien Gábor Lehotka: French Suit (Entree, Petite Fugue, Dialogue sur Trompette, Variations, Dance, Ornements sur les Flutes, Passacaille avec Coda) – 15’

or Gábor Lehotka: Variations and Fugue for Beatles Themes – 15’ (Themes: Michelle, Yellow Submarine)

7. Béla Bartók  – Gábor Lehotka: An Evening with the Szeklers – 4’

Concert dates in 2012:

After the performances we would like to invite you to a one-and-a-half-hour sightseeing cruise with candlelit buffet dinner and drinks. The same program is available without dinner too, with drinks only (a glass of champagne, and another glass of drink: soft drink, wine or beer). Guiding is not included.

• addmission tickets

Departures:

• see the concert days

Prices:

• Category 1: 31 EUR, student: 29 EUR
• Category 2: 26 EUR, student: 24 EUR
• Category 3: 20 EUR, student: 19 EUR
• Concert + Dinner&Cruise supplement: + 30 EUR