Josu Elberdin: Cantate Domino
Zombola Péter: Exsultate justi
Kodály: Angyalok és Pásztorok (The Angels and the Shepherds)
Michael Barrett: Ndikhokhele Bawo
Lautitia Children's Choir, Debrecen
Conductor: József Nemes
Péter Tóth: Scherzo (to the poem by László Nagy)
Vytautas Miškinis: Gloriosa dicta sunt
Kodály: Adventi vocals (Advent Song)
Victoria: O magnum mysterium
Kocsár: Exsurge cor meum (to the poem by Mihály Fazekas)
Benjamin Rajeczky Youth Choir of the St. Imre Cistercian High School in Buda
Conductor: Attila Fábián
Kodály: Gömöri dal (Gömör Song)
Kodály: Újesztendőt köszöntő (A Christmas Carol)
Kodály: Este (Evening) (to the poem by Pál Gyulai, world premiere of the work written in 1902)
Kodály: A székelyekhez (To the Transylvanians) (to the poem by Sándor Petőfi)
Kecskemét Singing Circle
Conductor: Péter Erdei

INTERMISSION

Zoltán Kovács: Adj már csendességet (Grant Me Tranquillity) (to the poem by Bálint Balassi)
Kodály: Szép könyörgés (Beseeching) (to the poem by Bálint Balassi)
Kodály: Székely keserves (Székely Lament)
Kodály: Epigrams
Kodály: Öregek (The Aged) (to the poem by Sándor Weöres)
Kodály: Balassi Bálint elfelejtett éneke (The Forgotten Song of Balassi) (to the poem by Erzsi Gazdag)
Kodály: Geneva Psalm CXIV

Péter Szilágyi (organ)
Alma Mater Choir
Conductor: Csaba Somos

This concert pays tribute to the birth anniversary of Zoltán Kodály, perhaps the most defining figure in Hungarian choral culture. Kodály's life was inextricably linked to the Liszt Academy: he studied here under Hans Koessler and returned to teach music theory, composition, and folk music within these walls for nearly half a century. Through his students and the world-renowned Kodály Method developed alongside them, he shaped Hungarian music education in a way that remains vital to this day.

While his name is globally synonymous with his pedagogical concepts, tonight the spotlight shines on Kodály the brilliant composer – many of whose masterpieces received their world premieres right here in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy.

The programme features Kodály's own masterworks alongside pieces by 20th and 21st-century Hungarian and international composers who continue to build upon the Master's legacy. This evening serves as a powerful reminder that "Kodály's Country" endures: choral singing in Hungary remains a vibrant, community-building force – not a relic of the past, but a living flame to be passed on to future generations.

Presented by
Liszt Academy Concert Centre

Tickets and more information:
https://concert.lisztacademy.hu/programs/event-14395