Experience the Hungarian National Men’s Choir’s Grand Concert Series Debuting Cherubini and Barber Works at Pesti Vigadó

At the concert, Cherubini wrote for orchestra and men’s chorus d minor Requiemje next to Barber Adagio The deceased will be remembered with the first appearance of the male version of his work. The last piece of music was also played at the funeral of Albert Einstein and at the memorial service for the victims of the terrorist attack in New York.

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was born in Florence, but we usually come across his name in the history of French music. He wrote his first opera at the age of twenty, and a few years later he went to live in Paris and became the musical director of an Italian opera house there. From 1822 until his death, he was director of the Paris Conservatoire and a powerful master of French musical life. He is an extremely experienced composer, composed with great artistic care, and his works stand out among his works. He also composed two requiems, the first in 1816 (c minor), and twenty years later d minor Requiemet, in which he connects only a male band to the band.

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was the child of American-Irish parents, partly of musical parents, whose musical talent showed itself at an early age. He was already writing at the age of seven, and wrote an opera at the age of ten. He was a famous composer, and his works were performed by the best American artists. Antony and Cleopatra In 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera was founded in New York with his opera.
Written in 1936, it adapted the slow movement of the String Quartet No. 1 for string orchestra, and this Adagio became popular after the NBC Symphony Orchestra performed it in 1938 under Toscanini. His tone is B minor, the tone of sorrow. The whole piece consists of a large arc, a theme that starts softly and then gradually becomes stronger, expressing a deep sadness. The Adagio it was played at Albert Einstein’s funeral and in London in 2001, at the memorial service for the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack in New York.