Concerto Budapest

In the first part, pieces by Prokofiev will be played: a few movements from Romeo and Juliet, which enchants the audience both on ballet stages and in concert halls. In addition, there will be the most popular of his five keyboard concerti, the Piano Concerto No. 3, which was completed in 1921. This piece requires a soloist who is able to completely control his instrument: who can play with fierce harshness, sarcastic humour, and even a delicate touch, and who is also sensitive to chamber music effects. Without doubt, Zoltán Fejérvári is exactly such a pianist. After the intermission, Lord Byron’s Faust will be conjured up, as we could call and characterize Manfred, the protagonist (or rather antagonist) of the dramatic poem by the English poet. Between May and September 1885, Tchaikovsky composed a programme symphony about Manfred, whose restless figure is superhuman tormented by the memory of his sins.