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ALBRECHTSBERGER, HAYDN, HUMMEL – GÁBOR BOLDOCZKI

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Liszt Academy Grand Hall
Liszt Ferenc tér 8., 1061 Budapest

As in previous years, the 2025/2026 Ferencsik season ticket is aimed primarily at lovers of the Viennese classics. more

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15 Oct 2025 Wednesday, 7:30PM

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The first concert of the Ferencsik season ticket, which explores the Viennese classical style, represents the greats in the personage of Haydn and hisSymphony No. 87 in A major, and the lesser known masters in two works fromSei sonateemanating from the workshop Albrechtsberger, a contemporary of Haydn, and theTrumpet Concerto in E-flat majorandMass in D minorwritten by Hummel, who was 8 years younger than Beethoven. The evening’s composers all knew and respected one another: Hummel took lessons from both Haydn and Albrechtsberger, while Albrechtsberger was a supporter of Beethoven and a friend to Haydn and Mozart. At this concert, we will therefore get a sense that the Viennese classical composers were all part of a large family. The National Philharmonic Orchestra and National Choir will be conducted by György Vashegyi, with the virtuoso trumpet player Gábor Boldoczki as soloist.

In keeping with the philosophy of the Ferencsik season ticket, the first concert in the series – like those that follow – draws from the works of the Viennese masters, but it was an important consideration for those compiling the programme that Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven should not be the only composers featured and we should also encounter music by the lesser figures in their intellectual vicinity. At the heart of the 15 October concert is Haydn’s Symphony No. 87 in A major, one of his later symphonic works, and the evening concludes with another large-scale composition, Mass in D minor by Hummel (1778–1837). Eight years younger than Beethoven but outliving him by a decade, the composer and piano virtuoso began his career as a child prodigy much like Mozart; his talent was so highly regarded by Wolfgang Amadeus himself that he took on his tuition free of charge. Haydn was also a master to Hummel, while he was connected to Beethoven by friendship, meaning that he was connected to all three Viennese classical-era composers, although his own output crossed over into Romanticism. He was also a master to Haydn’s contemporary Albrechtsberger (1736–1809), whose work the concert programme offers a sample of in the form two pieces from his Sei sonate – Six Sonatas series. The Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and Hungarian National Choir will be conducted by György Vashegyi, with the soloist for Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major named as Gábor Boldoczki, one of the finest brass players of our time.

Johann Georg ALBRECHTSBERGER: Sei sonate – Sonata terza in a, Opera X.
Joseph HAYDN: Symphony No. 87 in A major, Hob. I:87
Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, S. 49
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Johann Georg ALBRECHTSBERGER: Sei sonate – Sonata quarta in e, Opera X.
Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL: Mass in D minor, Op. 111

Gábor Boldoczki trumpet
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)
Conductor: György Vashegyi

Approx. until: 9.30 pm