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15.08.2010

Singing Cultural Capital of Europe

15-22 August 2010
Public squares and concert halls of Pécs, Cathedral of Pécs

The choral music of Pécs is among the best in Europe. Its choirs have won more than 300 prizes at international choral festivals, and several of its conductors have been honoured with the Liszt Prize. Over the eight days of the Pécs Cantat this valuable treasury will be displayed before the country and the world through the mass singing and productions of the some thousand Pécs, Hungarian and foreign participants.

The prestige of the Pécs Cantat can be seen in its being embraced as a European Cantat event, with 6 workshops led by noted Pécs conductors and the vanguard of the international profession. The organisers await around a thousand singers from Europe and other continents at the Pécs Cantat, who together with Pécs choirs can learn the wonderful works of Bartók and Kodály, works by contemporary Hungarian composers and popular choral pieces, which will be performed in choral concerts at various venues of the city.
Each evening there will be the special experience of communal singing, where the citizens of Pécs and tourists can join in with the great international choir and noted music ensembles from the city on the square in front of the cathedral.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

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Every day
"Five o' Clock Concerts" at Memi Pasha Bath, Jókai square and Színház (Theatre) square
Concerts of participant choirs at different venues in the city

Sunday, 15 August

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing
Contribute: Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra

20:00 Dóm square
Festival Overture

Performers:
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Kölcsey Choir of Debrecen, Bartók Béla Male Choir, Mecsek Folk Dance Ensemble

Programme:
>> Choirs of Pécs greet the participants of the festival with the composition of Zoltán Kodály. Conductor: Prof. Hon. Aurél Tillai.
>> Hungarian choirs greet the participants of the festival with Marc-Anton Charpentier: Te Deum. Conductor: Éva Kollár Éva, the chair of the Association of Hungarian Choirs, Orchestras and Folk Ensembles.
>> Introduction of Pécs Cantat international choir festival workshop leader conductors:
Dr. Tamás Lakner, Prof. Hon. Aurél Tillai, Robert Sund, Dr. Péter Hoppál, Ernő Nagy, Dr. Szabolcs Szabó, Ferenc Tóth, Attila Kertész, Vlado Sunko, Prof. János Czifra
>> Kodály, Zoltán: Galánta Dances. Contribute: Pannon Filharmonikusok, vezényel: Ménesi Gergely.
>> Kodály, Zoltán: Kálló Double Dance. Conductor: Tamás Lakner, choreography: Zsolt Juhász.
Contribute: Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Kölcsey Choir of Debrecen, Bartók Béla Male Choir, Mecsek Folk Dance Ensemble.
>> Animated light projection on the wall of Pécs Cathedral

21:00-22:00 Promenade square
Hungarian Folk Dance Evening with the Mecsek Band

Monday, 16 August

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing
Contribute: Vasutas Winds

21:00-22:00 Promenade square
Gypsy Folk Dance Evening

Tuesday, 17 August

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing
Contribute: FM3.0 Jazz

21:00-22:00 Promenade square
Croatian Folk Dance Evening with the Vizin Band

Wednesday, 18 August

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing
Contribute: Unicum Laude Vocal Group

19:00-22:00 Színház (Theatre) square
Balkans Folk Dance Evening with the CimbaliBand

Thursday, 19 August

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing
Contribute: Zengő Ensemble

21:00-22:00 Promenade square
Hungarian Folk Dance Evening with the Zengő Ensemble

Friday, 20 August

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing

20:00 Cathedral
Final Workshop Concerts
Kodály, Zoltán: Te Deum of Buda Castle workshop
Songs of Angels workshop
Kodály, Zoltán: Psalmus Hungaricus workshop

Saturday, 21 August

16:30 PTE-ÁOK Aula
Final Workshop Concerts
Horatii Carmen workshop
The world of Bartók Béla workshop

19:30 Dóm square
Open Singing
Contribute: No More Blue

20:00 Dóm square
Final Workshop Concerts and Closing Ceremony
Premiere of "Pannonii Carmen", a piece commissioned by Pécs Cantat from composer János Vajda
Swing and Sweet workshop
Roundabout the Wine workshop
Animated light projection on the wall of Pécs Cathedral
Festival Closing – with the No More Blues

Sunday, 22 August

Departure of participants

Organiser
Pécs Cultural Centre
University of Pécs

Organised as the official event of Pécs2010 – European Capital of Culture project.