If we had to list a few reasons why classical music should not be called serious, the madrigal genre would be one of the first ones. The popular secular pieces of the Renaissance were hits of the 15th and 16th centuries, representing a wide range of human emotions from joyful phalanges to lovelorn sorrow. The genre does not leave today's composers untouched either, and the Kodály Choir Debrecen will present the best of the best of the Hungarian contemporary scene, in addition to the great American and English representatives, and several works will be performed for the first time at the BMC!
The contemporary series will continue on 5 April with a concert entitled Italian Flavours - Palestrina Then and Now, featuring the Italian guest conductor Lorenzo Donati and the Kodály Choir. The series will conclude on 24 May with a concert entitled Mary, Mary, Heavenly Flower, featuring the choir and its principal conductor, Zoltán Kocsis-Holper.