To quote the tenor Mark Padmore in a 2011 article in The Guardian, Finzi was a composer “whose plumage is discreet and whose song is quiet and subtle; [...] one of classical music's wrens”; the lyrical, elegiacal In Terra Pax is arguably his most quintessentially English composition: so are these the reasons it has (at least according to the publisher) never before been performed in Hungary.

The programme will also include a generous selection of shorter Christmas pieces by composers such as Gustav Holst, Paul Mealor, John Rutter and Mykola Leontovich; in this part of the concert the choir will be accompanied on the organ by László Attila Almásy and conducted by Richard Sólyom.

For the Finzi, which will be conducted by Miklós Cser, we are delighted to be joined by the Concerto Chamber Orchestra and two soloists (to be announced). Audience members will be invited to an informal reception following this concert.

Saturday 12th December, 2015, 7.0 p.m.

Venue: Saint Columba’s Scottish Presbyterian Church
Address: Budapest VI. district, Vörösmarty u. 51.

Source: http://www.gabrielichoir.org/