With the lighting of the first Advent candle, the Christmas season has officially begun. Besides the Christmas market, the festive lights and the smell of mulled wine and chimney cakes, Christmas concerts help you get in the mood for the holiday season in December. The concerts feature popular Christmas tunes performed by popular Hungarian artists and bands.
Merry Christmas, Debrecen! – Advent concert of musical actresses Kata Janza and Lilla Polyák
Date: 15 December 2023 – Friday – 7 pm
Place: Kölcsey Center
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/3216132162013326
The Nutcracker – A dance performance by the Csokonai National Theater and the Mask School of Arts
Date: 16 December 2023 – Saturday – 10 am and 6 pm
Venue: Csokonai FORUM – Latinovits Hall
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/721408666004382
The Adventures of the Nutcracker Prince – Family fairytale concert with the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra
Date: 16 December 2023 – Saturday – 10 am and 11:30 am
Venue: Podium Hall at 1 Kossuth Street
Program: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Featuring the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Imre Kollár
Further details (in HUN): https://www.kodalyfilharmonia.hu/hangversenynaptar/elonezet/438/diotoro-herceg-kalandjai-csaladi-mesekoncert
Christmas concert by Béla Pintér
Date: 16 December 2023 – Saturday – 6 pm
Venue: Reformed Great Church
During the evening, Christmas carols by the author and performer Béla Pintér will be performed, but also some well-known, traditional Christmas carols will be sung, encouraging the audience to sing together. Between the songs there will also be short 1-2-minute devotional messages, making the concert a complex evening of music and spiritual experience.
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/697831531884271
Praise him in horns, in songs of praise – Advent concert of the Sol Oriens Choir
Date: 16 December 2023 – Saturday – 7 pm
Venue: Reformed Small Church
Performers: Balmazújváros Veteran Brass Brand, Rózsa Koroknai (flute), Dániel Sárosi (organ)
Conductors: Ádám Mike and Miklós J. Radócz
Advent concert of the Tiszántúl District of the Reformed Church
Date: 17 December 2023 – Sunday – 5 pm
Venue: Reformed Small Church
Performers: Choir of the Debrecen College, Calvin Choir, Mixed Choir of the Small Church Congregation, György Maróthi Teachers’ Choir, Collegium Musicum Chamber Orchestra, Dániel Sárosi (organ)
Conductors: János Arany, Péter Gáll, Zsolt Levente Király
Launch concert of the Christmas album “Lumen” by the St. Ephraim Male Choir
Date: 17 December 2023 – Sunday – 7 pm
Venue: Kölcsey Center
The Christmas album “Lumen” by the St. Ephraim Male Choir was released in November 2023. The Advent program includes Byzantine, Greek, Russian and Ukrainian carols and chants, as well as sparkling a cappella arrangements of secular music such as the famous Sugar Plum Fairy Dance from The Nutcracker and Vivaldi’s Winter from the Four Seasons.
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/209752472141676
Advent concert of the Budapest Bar
Date: 18 December 2023 – Monday – 7 pm
Venue: Kölcsey Center
Budapest Bar (Hungary) is an intoxicating music cocktail of Gypsy virtuosity infused with rock’n’roll energy. The wildly popular five-piece Gypsy band teams up with a rotating roster of singers from the rock, underground, electronic and jazz scene, swinging between the sultry and rollicking. They invoke the spirit of Europe’s golden age of cafés and cabaret, the 1920s-1950s.Budapest Bár, born out of a renewed Gypsy scene and a vibrant rock underground, has brought the charm and wit, the skill and panache of this era back. Replacing the music’s kitsch with great musicality, bandleader Robert Farkas and Budapest Bár have found just the right balance of vintage vibe and contemporary feel.
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/1553383242073928
Advent concert of Kati Kovács with orchestra
Date: 18 December 2023 – Monday – 7 pm
Venue: Reformed Great Church
One of the most successful Hungarian singers of all time, she has given thousands of successful concerts and countless hits since the ’60s. She is known for her powerful voice, her long career and her versatility. The music and symphonic orchestration for this concert was created for a tour celebrating her 75th birthday, but interest in her is so great that she continues to perform this format.
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/792900745414855
Far away the songs of thanksgiving 2023 – Advent concert of the Lautitia Choir Family
Date: 21 December 2023 – Thursday – 7 pm
Venue: Reformed Small Church
Performers: Estel Chamber Orchestra, Klaudia Kuczmog (soprano), Ábel Jakab-Zalánffy (organ)
Conductor: József Nemes
Fourth Advent candle lighting
Date: 23 December 2023 – Saturday – 4 pm
Venue: Small Reformed Church
Speech by:
Ákos Balázs, Deputy Mayor of Debrecen
Barnabás Sipos, parish priest of the Hungarian Orthodox Parish of the Holy Trinity of Debrecen
Missionary Roberto Mattina (Italy)
Performers: Luca Márkus actress, Gergely Dánielffy actor, singer, Lautitia Choir Family, Choir of the Hungarian Orthodox Parish of the Holy Trinity of Debrecen, Dániel Sárosi (organ), Hanna Jantyik (flute), Zsolt Dombovári (gordonka), Debrecen Folk Ensemble, Debrecen Hajdú Dance Ensemble, Kuckó Art Studio, Bíró Band
Christmas concert of György Korda and Klári Balázs with orchestra
Guest performer: Rezső Soltész
Date: 26 December 2023 – Tuesday – 7 pm
Venue: Kölcsey Center
Further details (in HUN): https://www.facebook.com/events/1294758448077659
