MÁRTON KERÉKFY

Featuring:
Péter Tornyai – violin
Katalin Krenedits, Péter Bársony – viola
Tamás Zétényi – cello
Dániel Lőwenberg – piano
András Szalai – dulcimer
In Medias Brass Quintet (Richárd Kresz, Antal Endre Nagy – trumpet, János Benyus – horn, Attila Sztán – trombone, József Bazsinka Jr – tuba)
István Flammer – horn
Ádám Maros – percussion

Host: Gergely Fazekas

Suite for brass and percussion (2016) – first performance
Sonata for viola and piano (2009)
Alleluja (2006)
Rhapsody (2008)
Trio for violin, cello and piano (2011–15) – first performance

Martin Kerékfy is particularly attracted to instrumental chamber music: for the current concert he selected chamber and solo works he composed in the last ten years. Kerékfy, who turned 35 this year, graduated from the Academy of Music as a student of János Vajda; his earlier masters at Bartók Secondary School include Miklós Kocsár and Miklós Csemiczky.

Suite for brass and percussion (2016) – first performance
This four-movement piece seeks to make good use of the harmonies of the band composed from two trumpets, two horns, a trombone, a tuba, and percussion from massive, block-like sounds through rhythmic and repetitive textures to harmonies formed by natural overtones.

Sonata for viola and piano (2009)
The first movement of this three-movement monothematic piece grows from the slow, cromatic, and dark tunes of the viola which increases in tempo and dynamics to reach reckless tempo in the rush of the second movement. This scherzo-like piece with a repeptitive theme reminiscent of the melody of the first movement challenges musicians with its high tempo, great dymaic contrasts and pitches frequently high for the viola. The third movement, in contrast with the first two, opens with a four beat intro of the piano followed by a vocal theme surrounded by uplifting, tonal, late-Romantic harmonies, four variations and a returning theme.
The mood of the first two movements ranges from the dark through increasing suffering to insanity, making the concluding movement seem too good to be true. Thus, the piece ends with a question: Are these beatiful harmonies true? Did they successfully conquer the gloom and doom of the opening? Or is this just self-deception?
The Sonata was written for László Stachó, dedicated to him and to Dávid Tóth.

Alleluja (2006)
The texture of this one-movement violin, viola and piano piece originates from a Gregorian alleluja melody. It is a piece of transformations: the restless, agitated piano is tamed by the three strings so the four instruments can sing the alleluja theme together.

Rhapsody (2008)
The dulcimer is capable of fine, soft, sensitive sound as well as brutal hard, hammering, mettalic tones. In this two-movement, monothematic piece I tried to contrast these characters. To me the dulcimer is inseparable from Hungarian folk music, therefore, in a very stylistic way it evokes tunes form folk songs. This, as well as the contrast between slow and crisp elements, is reflected in the title.
Rhapsody was written for and is dedicated to Beáta Móri.

Trio for violin, cello and piano (2011–15) – first performance
Recently, the works of György Ligeti made a great impression on me. My four-movement piano trio, which I  worked on for four years off and on, bears marks of this interest. The perpetuum mobile opening and closing movements fan out from a central sound and interval. The second movement, which seamlessly follows the first has the character of a scherzo with high contrasts. The wight of the cycle falls on the third movement with a dirge surrounded by cold and staic music based on the natural fluting of the strings.
My friend Dániel Lőwenberg encouraged me to write this trio. I am glad that he had the patience to wait for its completion and now plays it with two incredible young musicians for the first time.

Márton Kerékfy

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