In the four weeks of Advent, you can get in the mood for the holidays with intimate Christmas concerts. Unusual venues, popular hits and acknowledged artists guarantee a memorable experience. The Bagossy Brothers Company, Charlie, the Alma band, Zoltán Bereczki and the Cotton Club Singers will be among the performers.
25 years in the Omega – Tamás Szekeres
9 December 2024, 19:00, Reformed Great Church
The distinguished guitarist of the Omega band, who graduated from the Music Academy, played in the legendary band for 25 years. During the evening, guitar virtuoso Tamás Szekeres will perform some of Omega’s best-known songs, with the aim of recalling the irreplaceable after the loss of Omega’s most important members.
Guest star: Miklós Varga
With: Lautitia choir family
Guest of honor: György Molnár – Elefánt (Omega)
More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/530266042939282
Advent Messenger – Advent concert of the Kodály Choir
10 December 2024 19:00, University of Debrecen, Assembly Hall
The Advent concert of the Kodály Choir will be full of the atmosphere of festive preparation and Christmas Eve. With music of different eras and different landscapes, true winter calm and magical music, we are waiting for you.
With the participation of Olga Vojevogyina – piano / Kodály Choir / Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Zoltán Kocsis-Holper
Further details: https://www.kodalyfilharmonia.hu/hangversenynaptar/elonezet/474/adventi-hirnok
Tuned for the Holidays – Chamber Concerto for three voices, piano
12 December 2024 19:00, Debrecen-Széchenyi Garden Reformed Parish
What is the beauty of holiday waiting? It’s the mood. The tuning! If we fill our weekdays with pleasant songs, sounds and moods, then the anticipation of the holiday will be the Holiday itself! To help you get in the mood, we would like to give you a little help and take you out of your busy weekdays for 70 minutes. Excellent artists are showing the way: Andrea Losonczki, Patrik Szabó Normen singers, and Kinga Tóth on piano.
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1655332718698965
Tuned for the Holidays – Chamber Concerto for three voices, piano
13 December 2024 19:00, St. George’s Church (Debrecen-Józsa)
What is the beauty of holiday waiting? It’s the mood. The tuning! If we fill our weekdays with pleasant songs, sounds and moods, then the anticipation of the holiday will be the Holiday itself! To help you get in the mood, we would like to give you a little help and take you out of your busy weekdays for 70 minutes. Excellent artists are showing the way: Andrea Losonczki, Patrik Szabó Normen singers, and Kinga Tóth on piano.
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1655332718698965
Advent concert of the Sol Oriens choir
14 December 2024 19.00, Reformed Great Church of Debrecen
On the program:
Márton Levente Horváth, Ola Gjeilo, Ferenc Liszt, James MacMillan, Mykola D. Leontovych, Miklós Kocsár, and a’capella and oratorio works by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Performers include:
Emőke Deák – soprano
József Balogh – tenor
Kozak Olimpiu – bass
Hella Bűdi, Csaba Nagy – oboe
Versánszky Ildikó, Simon Mária – violin
Kissné Galuska Anikó – viola
Áron Pető – cello
Dániel Sárosi, Patrik Szikszai – organ
Conductor:
Ádám Mike and Patrik Szikszai
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/462190843171147
Bagossy Brothers Company – Celebration
15 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
The Bagossy Brothers Company released their Christmas-themed album Ünnep (Celebration) last year. In addition to the band’s own compositions, the album includes some Christmas-themed, authentic, local or church-inspired songs, all of which the members have been personally connected to since childhood.
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/bagossy-brothers-company-unnep
The Miracle of Love – Holiday Concert
16 December 2024, 18:00, Kölcsey Centre
A series of concerts with the Celebration Orchestra and the BTA Choir, conducted by Camp Kirkland.
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/a-szeretet-csodaja
Advent Concerts in the Reformed Great Church: Amici – Voices of the World
Christmas tunes with an operatic touch
16 December 2024, 19:00, Reformed Great Church
Attila Dolhai, Otokár Klein, Levente Molnár and Dániel Vadász have appeared on almost every major stage in Hungary and many abroad over the past 20 years, but this is the first time that the audience will hear them together. They are preparing for one of the most atmospheric concerts of the Advent season, full of musical specialties. Among the songs to be performed will be The Angel from Heaven, Silent Night, Ave Maria, White Christmas, Jingle Bells and Feliz Navidad.
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/573943348322443
Christmas concert by the Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kodály Choir
17 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
Program:
Poulenc: Four motets for Christmas
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Moscheles: Concerto for flute and oboe
With the participation of Petra Elek, Dóra Galgóczy Boros Boros, Zoltán Megyesi, Bence Pataki – vocals, Balázs Köcsky – flute, Gábor Bicskey – oboe / Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra / Kodály Choir (choir director: Zoltán Kocsis-Holper)
Conductor: Imre Kollár
Further details: https://www.kodalyfilharmonia.hu/hangversenynaptar/elonezet/453/karacsonyi-koncert
Christmas concert by Zoltán Bereczki
20 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/bereczki-karacsony
StEFREM – Christmas Lights
22 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
One of the best-known Hungarian acapella groups will perform with singer Sára Bolyki. The artist, like the band, is at home in many different styles. The ensemble’s Christmas Lights album, released last year, provides the basis for the program, which includes Christmas and Advent songs from Hungary, Anglo-Saxon, Northern European and Carpathian Basin nations. Famous secular melodies will also be performed, including Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons of Winter and Silent Night, all in their own arrangements. A special feature of the evening is that these songs have never been performed in this form before, with a female soloist.
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/stefrem-karacsonyi-fenyek-kozremukodik-bolyki-sara
Advent Concerts at the Reformed Great Church: Cotton Club Singers – ABBA Jazz
23 December 2024, 19:00, Reformed Great Church
The Cotton Club Singers in 2022 revived its most successful concert show ABBA-JAZZ after a 15-year hiatus. The concert will feature the four original singers from the ABBA Jazz album – Orsolya Kozma, Gabriella Szűcs, Gábor Fehér and Boldizsár László. The concert will be accompanied by the band’s former, but still highly acclaimed Cotton Club Band. This evening promises to be an unforgettable experience, where you can hear ABBA’s greatest hits live in unique arrangements from Mamma Mia to Dancing Queen.
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1604367726847675
Children’s concert by the Alma Band
26 December 2024 10:30, Kölcsey Center
The Alma Band initially played for adults, but request for a children’s concert made them so successful that they were soon asked to play several other concerts for kids and soon found themselves playing almost children’s concerts.
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/alma-zenekar-koncert
TV2 Megasztár ’24 Gala
26 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
It’s a rare thing for a Concert Agency to announce a concert where they don’t know who will perform… TV2’s revived show Megasztár has been running for weeks now, where the talented stars are still just candidates to the jury, but by the time we get to the final, it will be clear who will be the real Megasztár, who will be the audience’s favorites. What we do know is that this finalist team will be the heart and soul of the competition, and they deserve to be able to show themselves live to the audience after the competition, to meet their existing or then recruiting fan base. To add a twist, the Christmas Megastar Gala will be hosted by a judge. And of course, it’s all live…
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/tv2-megasztar-24-gala
Charlie 77 concert
27 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
Charlie is a musician and trumpeter: a performer of rock, jazz, blues, soul and funky with a distinctively hoarse voice. Throughout his career, he has played in many groups and has recorded countless albums. His latest album, Beyond Everything, was released in 2020. This anniversary is the occasion for the launch of a tour that will sum up his life’s work, which has been captivating a very large fan base for decades, but also everyone who loves sophisticated music. In fact, if you wanted to hear all his favorite songs, you’d have to have at least 3 different concerts, but you’d still have to have one song at each one: “Be who you are!”
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/charlie-77-sztarvendeg-abahazi-csaba
100 Folk Celsius concert
28 December 2024 10:30, Reformed Great Church
100 Folk Celsius are a true icon on the Hungarian music scene, who have left an indelible mark on Hungarian folk and country music over their decades-long career. With their cheerful songs and playful style, they have entertained generations, whether with hits for children like “Paff the Magic Dragon” or concerts for adults. The band’s name has become synonymous with light-hearted melodies, a sense of being close to nature and the eternal serenity that their songs convey.
More details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/100-folk-celsius
Csík-Presser-Christmas: The Song is Ours 2.0
28 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
In 2020, Csík Band embarked on an exciting venture when they released an album of covers only, featuring a selection of songs by a single band, Locomotiv GT! The release of the album was followed by a two-year album release tour, the success of which led to the follow-up “The song is ours 2.0”.
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/csik-presser-karacsony-a-dal-a-mienk-2-0
Christmas gala concert of musical and operetta stars
29 December 2024 19:00, Kölcsey Centre
Performing: Ágota Dezső, Aisha Kardffy, Szilvi Szendy, Zsuzsi Vágó, Máté Kerényi Miklós, Péter Laki, Zsolt Árpád Mészáros, Károly Peller
With the participation of the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Kanai Toshifumi
Directed by Károly Peller
Further details: https://kolcseykozpont.hu/program/musical-es-operett-csillagok-karacsonyi-galakoncert
New Year concert
1 January 2025 16:00, Reformed Great Church
Program:
Claude Goudimel: 90th Psalm of Geneva
György Orbán: The 90th Psalm of Geneva
Árpád Palotai: Come, Lord God, Holy Spirit
Claude Goudimel: 65th Psalm of Geneva
Beischer-Matyó Tamás: Blessed is he whom you teach
Claude Goudimel: Psalm 134 of Geneva
Claudio Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
János Vajda: Kolinda
Melchior Vulpius: Angelus ad pastores ait
With the participation of Olga Vojevogyina – piano / Kodály Choir / Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Zoltán Kocsis-Holper
Further details: https://www.kodalyfilharmonia.hu/hangversenynaptar/elonezet/491/ujevi-koncert
The Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year Gala Concert
3 January 2025 19:00, Csokonai Theatre, Main Stage
The New Year’s Gala Concert will feature the best-known songs of the genre: solos, romantic duets, blood-pumping rhythms, unadulterated Hungarian songs and the inevitable Strauss waltzes and polkas. Audiences will hear a diverse selection of the greatest operetta hits from the world’s musical stages.
The guests of the evening are Mónika Fischl and Zsolt Haja. The Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by Dániel Somogyi-Tóth, the chief music director of the city of Debrecen.
Further details: https://www.kodalyfilharmonia.hu/hangversenynaptar/elonezet/492/a-kodaly-filharmonikusok-ujevi-galakoncertje
