Organ in the Centre: Of Heaven and Earth
16 May 2026, 07.30 p.m.
Liszt Academy - Grand Hall
1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.
Organist Dóra Pétery and the Trio Passacaglia – featuring Judit Rajk, László Kéringer and Tamás Zétényi – present a program uniquely designed for the acoustics and spirit of the Liszt Academy’s Grand Hall. Their concert takes inspiration from the Gospel of John (3:12): “If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” – a verse that beautifully frames the dialogue between the celestial and the earthly. The program traces this theme across centuries, beginning with the artistic rebirth of the 14th-century early Renaissance, and moving through arrangements of works by György Ligeti and Béla Bartók, the two giant 20th-century Hungarian composers, before arriving at contemporary Hungarian compositions. Among these, several world premieres by Barnabás Dukay, a long-time collaborator of the ensemble, will be performed. Dóra Pétery, a versatile keyboard artist, will perform large-scale and emblematic works on the Grand Hall’s Voit organ, harpsichord, and organetto (the small portable organ popular between the 13th and 16th centuries), bridging heaven and earth and offering a profound musical meditation on what connects the two.
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1. Olivier Messiaen: Livre du Saint Sacrement (Book of the Holy Sacrament) - 15. La joie de la grâce (The Joy of Grace)
2. Guillaume Dufay: Veni Sancte Spiritus – Hymn
3. Barnabás Dukay: Sleep – monody for tenor voice
4. Barnabás Dukay: I Have Seen My Lord with my Heart’s Eyes – instrumental monody
5. Barnabás Dukay: Kyrie (world premiere)
6. Istanpitta Cominciamento di gioia – 4th-century dance for organetto from an Italian manuscript
7. Lőrinc Szécsi: Oratio Moysi – details from the cantata based on Psalm 89(90)
8. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009 - 1. Prélude
9. Claudio Monteverdi: O Crux benedicta – from the collection Sacrae Cantiunculae (1582)
10. Hildegard von Bingen: Et ideo puelle iste – antifóna a Dendermonde kódexből (cca. 1176)
11. Claudio Monteverdi: Salve Crux pretiosa; Ego sum Pastor bonus – from the collection Sacrae Cantiunculae (1582)
12. Olivier Messiaen: Les corps glorieux (The Bodies Glorious) - 6. Joie et clarté des corps glorieux (Joy and Clarity of the Bodies Glorious)
13. Jean Langlais: Neuf pièces - 2. Chant de joie (Song of Joy)
14. Johannes Ockeghem: Au travail suis – chanson
15. Guillaume de Machaut: Moult sui de bonne heure nee – ballade
16. Guillaume Dufay: Adieu m’amour, adieu ma joye – chanson
17. György Ligeti: Sonata for Viola Solo - 1. Hora lungă (arranged by Tamás Zétényi)
18. Béla Bartók: Twenty-seven Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111a - Bolyongás (Lonely Wanderer) - Cipósütés (Breadbaking)
19. Romanian Christmas songs from Béla Bartók’s collection
20. Béla Bartók: Twenty-seven Two- and Three-Part Choruses, BB 111a - Ne hagyj itt! (Don’t leave here!)
21. György Kurtág: Organ pieces from Games (Játékok) Vol. 6 and an unpublished manuscript - D'ora dara b - Chorale – For Benjámin Rajeczky’s 80th birthday - Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit ... – for László Dobszay - Flood Sirens - ... humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen …
22. Claudio Monteverdi: Son questi I crespi crini – from the collection Canzonette a Tre Voci (Venice 1584)
23. Girolamo Frescobaldi: Se l'onde, ahimè, che da quest'occhi – from the collection Arie Musicali (1630)
24. Claudio Monteverdi: Io son fenice; Godi pur del bel sen – from the collection Canzonette a Tre Voci (Venice 1584)
25. Olivier Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur (The Nativity of the Lord) » 9. Dieu parmi nous (God Among Us)
Dóra Pétery - organ
Trio Passacaglia:
Judit Rajk, László Kéringer - vocals
Tamás Zétényi - cello
HUF 2 900, 3 900, 4 900