The BDO Chamber Music Workshop is a chamber ensemble of the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra, which presents masterpieces of music literature in an unusual line-up, in excellent, symphonic and virtuoso arrangements. Today’s concert combines two elements that rarely go hand in hand: playfulness and religious content. Schubert’s string quartet is play itself. The inner dynamics of the soul are expressed in Kol Nidrei and in the Shostakovich piece. Kol Nidrei is an adaptation of the melody of one of the oldest Jewish prayers, while Shostakovich’s Trio in E minor is a musical depiction of the composer’s grief over the death of a dear friend. And Gershwin’s suite from his opera Porgy and Bess is a synthesis of play and the religious soul, with its combination of religious gospel and playful virtuosity.

Bence Gazda – concertmaster
Márk Véghelyi, Tünde Bánhegyi, Zsófia Mikolay Lugosi – violin
Boglárka Hundt – viola
Márton Szontagh – cello
Gyula Lázár – double bass
Eszter Márfi – flute
Keve Ablonczy – clarinet, saxophone
Ivett Bazsinka – bassoon
Bálint Südi – horn
Apor Szüts – piano

Artistic director: Apor Szüts

Schubert: String Quartet in C major, Movement 1
Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei (soloist: Márton Szontagh)
Shostakovich: Trio in E minor – Movements III-IV
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Suite