Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok Presented by Liszt Academy

András Gábor Virágh wrote thus about the Sinfonietta to be played at the concert: “During the composition, it became clear to me that the start of the work had to be ‘celebratory’, which was translated into the language of music I use. Since I rarely write for orchestra, while penning my many solo and chamber works, countless ideas welled up inside me that I could envisage more in an orchestra setting.” Antonín Dvořák began composing his Cello Concerto in B minor while staying in New York, completing it ‘on home turf’ in 1895. On hearing the work, Brahms remarked enviously: “If I had known that it was possible to compose such a concerto for the cello, I would have tried it myself!” There is a secret reference in the work: the composer incorporated his earlier song ‘Leave Me Alone’ into its slow movement, supposedly a reference to his first love – and later his sister-in-law – Josefina. When on returning to his homeland he learned of her death, he rearranged the original coda of the composition to include the melody recalling his one-time love. Soloist is the young, multiple award-winning cellist Domonkos Hartmann; conductor is Gábor Hollerung.