MVM CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Bach-Busoni: Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Mozart: Twelve Variations in C major on ʻAh, vous dirai-je, Maman’, K. 265
Hӓndel: Chaconne in C major, HWV 484
Glinka: Nocturne in E-flat major
Chopin: Impromptu in A-flat major, Op. 29
Chopin: Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 (ʻFantaisie-impromptu’)
Liszt: Consolation in D-flat major
Debussy: Arabesque in E major
Durand: Valse in E-flat major
Tchaikovsky – János Balázs: The Nutcracker – paraphrase
Tournier: Au matin
Salzedo: Chanson dans la Nuit
ifj. J. Strauss–Cziffra: Die Fledermaus – paraphrase

Andrea Vigh (harp), János Balázs (piano)

The MVM Concerts series originally started with the aim of bringing world-famous pianists to appear in front of Budapest audiences. However, over the years the profile has broadened considerably: today, concertgoers not only enjoy events representing the original purpose, but also instrument-presentation concerts, programmes picked from the Gödöllő International Harp Festival, and even recitals by Junior Prima Prize young artists: these events are organized at several venues in the capital and at others around the country. This year the concerts are crowned by a special event focusing on two instruments, the harp and the piano. The former is played by Liszt Prize-laureate Andrea Vigh, president of the Liszt Academy and head of department teaching harpist students, while the piano is ably ‘steered’ by Junior Prima and Liszt Prize-pianist János Balázs, artistic director of the Cziffra Festival.