The culture of the East has always been a great inspiration for Western art, and the same is true for music. Starting from Mozart through Rimsky-Korsakov, Grieg and Tchaikovsky to Bartók, there has been a lot of very interesting music written with a recognisable and palpable oriental flavour. Of course, this music is always very far removed from the real oriental world of melodies. The focus of the concert is on Nielsen’s Aladdin suite, which is not real oriental music either, but which, with its musical and dramaturgical ideas, transports us into the world of the tales of The Thousand and One Nights.

Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra

Presented and conducted by: Gábor Hollerung

Nielsen: Aladdin suite