What is it about man that for thousands of years, regardless of intelligence or civilisation, has repeatedly staged bloodbaths and sent masses of innocent people to their deaths? This pressing question lurks in the works of the evening and attempts to mourn for the victims of the Holocaust as they deserve.

We are still puzzled and often speechless about how this could actually happen in an enlightened Europe 80 years ago. But the Jewish tradition is not silent: there, the text of the Kaddish has accompanied the period of mourning for thousands of years and, despite the loss, entrusts the dead to the goodness of God. And the arts have not remained silent either, as several composers have worked with the prayer’s text. In this concert, we remember, grieve, and feel comforted by such works.

Penderecki Krzysztof: Kadisz
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Passover Psalm
Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish”

Izabela Matula – soprano
Ágnes Molnár – soprano
N. N. – tenor

Hungarian National Choir – (chorus master: János Csaba Somos)
Cantemus Boys’ Choir Nyíregyháza (choir director: Soma Szabó)
Pál Mácsai – narrator
Conducted by: Gergely Kesselyák

Ticket prices: 7490, 5490, 3490 HUF