Although summer is a time for light-hearted genres, it’s also a time for classic tunes. In August, there will be three opportunities to enjoy classical music in Debrecen, performed by great artists such as organists Ádám Tabajdi and Ágoston Tóka, singer Bea Palya, actor Imre Csuja and the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra.
The oldest church in the city, the Reformed Small Church, the recently renovated Reformed University Church, Debrecen’s main square with the imposing Reformed Great Church in the background, and the Memorial Garden provide a magical setting for the concerts.
At one of the Debrecen venues of the OrganPoint, a joint performance of organist Ádám Tabajdi and actor Imre Csuja will be heard at the Reformed Small Church in Debrecen, in the performance “Organ pipes cast in rhyme”. The performers will perform several excerpts from Hungarian poet Mihály Babits’ the Book of Jonah and The Prayer of Jonah, with organ improvisations reflecting on the poems.
PERFORMERS:
Imre Csuja – prose
Ádám Tabajdi – organ
PROGRAM:
Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Allegro I – organ arrangement by Ádám Tabajdi
Liszt: Liebestraum No 3 – organ transcription by Ádám Tabajdi
Mendelssohn: Variations serieuses organ arrangement by Reitze Smits
Mihály Babits: the Book of Jonah
Mihály Babits: The Prayer of Jonah
Adam Tabajdi: Improvisations
The Night of Classics presents: HUNGARIANS IN HOLLYWOOD
Date: 15 August 2024 – Thursday – 20:30
Location: Kossuth Square, Memorial Garden
A film music concert show with the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra performing the most famous works of Hungarian and Hungarian-born Hollywood artists. The orchestral concert will be followed by choral music in the Memorial Garden behind the Reformed Great Church.
With the participation of the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Péter Pejtsik
Sky meets Earth – joint concert of Bea Palya and Ágoston Tóka
Date: 28 August 2024 – Wednesday – 19:00
Location: Reformed University Church
Within the framework of the OrganPoint, a real musical delicacy is coming to Debrecen, to the Reformed University Church. At the concert entitled “Heaven meets the Earth”, two different artistic worlds, folk music and organ music, will come together, since Bea Palya’s musical mother tongue is Hungarian folk music, while organist Ágoston Tóka graduated with honours from the Liszt Ferenc University of Music. Their joint concert is a rare phenomenon in the diverse world of music.
PERFORMERS:
Ágoston Tóka – organ
Palya Bea – vocals
