7. Concert: Hungarian Evening

Fri, June 12th at 18

Lauttasaari Church

• György Kurtág (*1926): Parts from the Játékok

  • I/17b Flowers we are (4a) 

    VII/16 Roaming in the Past – Ligatura for Ligeti

    II/31

    VII/7 Hommage a Farkas Ferenc 90 

    I/5b Little Chorale 

    VII/23 Tears

    2 Hommage a Nancy Sinatra

    VII/31 Rodica lui Ionescu - To Martha, for October 1st, 2001 (pianino)

    II/96 Hommage a Kabalevsky

    I/17b Flowers we are (4b)

Mackenzie Melemed, piano

• Béla Bartók (1881–1945): String Quartet no. 5 (1934)

  • I Allegro

    II Adagio molto

    III Scherzo: alla bulgarese

    IV Andante

    V Finale: Allegro vivace

Quatuor Arod

• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 25 (1856–1861)

  • I Allegro

    II Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo – Trio: Animato

    III Andante con moto

    IV Rondo alla Zingarese: Presto

Mackenzie Melemed, piano, Petteri Iivonen, violin, Alexander Gordon, viola, Marko Ylönen, cello

All of the composers of the evening were inspired by Hungarian folk music. The finale of Johannes Brahms’s piano quartet, Rondo alla Zingarese, combines classical form with the energy of folk music — an energy Béla Bartók later carried in a modernist direction. The concert begins with a celebration of György Kurtág, who will turn 100 in 2026 and who has continued Bartók’s musical legacy.

Tickets 30 €, pensioners 25 €, students and children (7–17yo) 15 € + fee 1,5 €

Photo: Jiyang Chen / Mackenzie Melemed