Danubia Orchestra Óbuda Presented by Liszt Academy

“(…) Then forth he came, his both knees falt’ring, both; His strong hands hanging down, and all with froth; His cheeks and nostrils flowing, voice and breath; Spent to all use, and down he sunk to death. The sea had soak’d his heart through; all his veins; His toils had rack’d t’ a labouring woman’s pains. Dead weary was he (...) and a bed; Of leaves huge, and of huge abundance, spread; With all his speed. Large he made it, for there; For two or three men ample cov’rings were; Such as might shield them from the winter’s worst, (...) Yet Pallas made him sleep as soon as men; Whom delicacies all their flatt’ries deign; And all that all his labours could comprise; Quickly concluded in his closed eyes.” Where did this quote come from and what is the connection with the concert programme? In their 2018/19 anniversary season, the orchestra, unlike in previous seasons, leave it up to the audience to work out how the concerts are linked.