| VŠMU Bratislava Symphonic Orchestra VŠMU Bratislava Choir Marián Lejava conductor Ladislav Kaprinay choirmaster Anhelina Kydora piano Kristina Borbat piano Martin Pavlík violin |
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| Thomas Adès Francis Poulenc Jean Sibelius Johannes Brahms Gabriel Fauré |
Dawn Concerto for two pianos in D minor Four Humoresques for violin and orchestra, Op. 89 Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 |
Marián Lejava regularly collaborates with the orchestra of his home institution, the Academy of Performing Arts. The young pianists will present themselves with an energetic concerto for two pianos by Francis Poulenc. The provocative work is inspired by Indonesian gamelans, jazz and at the same time concerti by the composer’s predecessors, Mozart, Liszt and Ravel. Jean Sibelius didn’t become a violin virtuoso but his perfect mastery of the instrument led him to create several opuses for the violin. The promising violinist Martin Pavlík will perform in the Four Humoresques. The charming Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56 were created in the Bavarian town of Tutzing, a well-known excursion destination near Lake Starnberg, where Johannes Brahms sought refuge during the summer months of 1873. The student concert complements Thomas Adès’s contemporary work Dawn, which was created during the pandemic. It is inspired by the everyday rising of the sun, which repeats itself under all circumstances across our planet. The return of the dawn is depicted by the repetition of the theme of Henry Purcell’s three-hundred-year-old chaconne.