The „No classical” returns in autumn 2024 and in spring 2025 in MOMKult and BMC.
In the way of musical exploring there is no stop. The creative boundaries fade in our serie, which guides the audience on an inexhaustible path of musical discoveries.
Explore with us the exciting musical conjunctons, where traditional and modern elements melt into a new musical expression. Be a part of this unconventional musical discovery, where there are no boundaries, only the magic of music and the joy of creativity. Don’t worry, it is just fun – no classical!
Because there is no classical music - it is only Music.
Mozart X Jazz (Autumn 2024)
6 October 2024, 15:00, BMC - TICKETS >>>
6 October 2024, 19:30, BMC - TICKETS >>>
Mozart and the jazz – it is not a new story. If nothing else, through Jacques Loussier many people know what the creative meeting of classical music and jazz is like. This time the focus is on the last piano concerto of Mozart, approached from two directions. A jazz jam session will also take place after the concert, which we warmly recommend to all interested visitors.
The band of Áron Tálas, the winner of the Junior Prima, Gramofon and Artisjus awards, and the best Hungarian keyboard player according to the readers of jazzma.hu and jazz.hu, with István Tóth playing double bass and László Csízi playing the drums in the formation.
Mozart: Piano Concerto in B major, K 595
The last piano concerto of Mozart can also be interpreted as a forerunner of the romantic period. The concerto which was released in the year of his death has a speciality of consisting of only three movements.
Bach X Folk (Autumn 2024)
26 October 2024, 20:00, MOMKult – TICKETS>>>
Bach's Air has now become a "cliché" - everyone's ears are ringing with the beautiful melody over the pounding bass. It is really surprising, that we can even find this free singing over the pacing with its special embellishments, where we would expect something different – in Hungarian instrumental folk music. Surprising similarities, beautiful differences – it awaits those, who wants to listen Bach’s Suit in D major not only in its original form, but with the folk music reflection of István "Szalonna" Pál’s band. We welcome our interested visitors with folk dance house after the concert.
István “Szalonna” Pál and His Band
István “Szalonna” Pál and his band are working for the love and familiarization of Hungarian folk music throughout all the Hungarian-speaking regions. Besides the flutes and bagpipes of the traditional peasant world, stringed instruments, cymbals and tarogato, human singing plays the heart-wrenching slow melodies, the virtuoso “legényes” and the special world of “csárdás”.
Bach: Suit in D major MWV 1068
The second movement of Bach’s suit is the well-known melody, the Air, which, in the transcription of the violinist August Wilhelm, can be played on a single string of the violin. Thanks to this, the piece became so popular that, it has been known and performed in many places ever since, and has even appeared in popular music and film music too.
Bartók X Electric (Spring 2025)
5 April 2025, 16:00, MOMKult - TICKETS>>>
5 April 2025, 20:00, MOMKult - TICKETS>>>
Folk music and folk songs have found their way naturally into the popular culture. From English Patient to rap, which is the modern folk music itself – with less musical tone of course, than a folk song. This evening Deva and Danubia Orhcestra approach folk songs from two different styles, and the moderator will be Béla Bartók himself, whose folk song adaptations for piano and vocal will be on program by the arrangements of Máté Balogh.
Дeva
Dorina Takács Дeva was already a significant character of the Hungarian popular music at her young age. The mood of Hungarian folk songs is connected to her electro-atmospheric music, and the success of her songs is well-represented by the fact that international radio channels play them regularly. In 2022, she was chosen as the Female Artist of the Year at the Petőfi Music Awards.
Béla Bartók: 20 Hungarian folksongs
Béla Bartók before his 20 Hungarian folksong serie from 1929, had worked with folk melodies in his other compositions too, and in this serie he arranged those folk songs, which he chose from his 1924 monography. He composed an orchestral version too, but this wasn’t eventually presented due to political reasons.
Previous perfomances of “No classical” serie:
3 February 2024, 15:00 - Bach X Folk afternoon concert, BMC >>>
3 February 2024, 19:30 - Bach X Folk evening concert, BMC >>>
2 March 2024, 15:00 - Bartók X Electric afternoon concert, BMC >>>>
2 March 2024, 19:30 - Bartók X Electric evening concert, BMC >>>
6 April 2024, 15:00 - Mozart X Jazz afternoon concert, BMC >>>
6 April 2024, 19:30 - Mozart X Jazz evening concert, BMC >>>
