LISZT ACADEMY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Presented by Liszt Academy

Liszt Academy students prepare themselves not only for careers as soloists but also for working as part of an orchestra. This recital showcases the chamber ensemble, which comprises third-year students. The conductor is Gergely Ménesi, who has led the university symphony ensemble since 2013. The violin solo is played by a most promising artist, Máté Soós, who has been a Liszt Academy student for close on a decade since he was accepted into the Special School for Young Talents at the age of just 13. We hear the youthful violinist in Dvořák’s E minor mazurka. The programme also features Haydn’s G major symphony (No. 88) and Mendelssohn’s Hebrides concert overture. The young Mendelssohn visited the Scottish Hebrides in 1829, where he toured Fingal’s Cave, which is located on one of the archipelago’s uninhabited islands. The cave, which can only be approached from the sea, is formed between basalt columns and takes its name from a literary figure, the father of the fictitious Celtic bard Ossian.