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SPORT. COMPETITION. MUSICAL PIECES.

If there were an Olympics for instruments or instrumentalists, participants would surely have to compete at this event in playing various musical pieces and staging performances to test their skills, strength, explosiveness and speed. And all this would certainly happen to the greatest delight of spectators and fans. Concerning a Vivaldi concerto, for example, one might be thrilled by the dizzying speed of the piccolo effortlessly conquering heights; and the acrobatic acts of the movement ‘La campanella’ of Paganini’s famous Violin Concerto would certainly take one’s breath away. For this Olympics, Mozart could enter his flute and harp duo, Nino Rota could enter the double bass and Haydn the trumpet. Which of these instruments are you going to cheer for at the concert?

Program
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 443
Nino Rota: Divertimento Concertante for Double Bass and Orchestra, 2nd movement
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos in C Minor, BWV. 1060, 1st movement
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat Major, 2nd movement
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K 299, 3rd movement
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, 3rd movement “La campanella”

Conductor
János Kovács

Artists
Vilmos Oláh (violin), Zoltán Bíró (double bass), Boglárka Réti (piccolo), Fruzsina Varga (flute), Balázs Pecze (trumpet), Klára Bábel (harp), Anna Granik (piano), Míra Nagy (piano)
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Photo © Attila Vörös