♦ Our Performances ♦
Spiritual concerts:
Most tunes of our spiritual concerts are part of the Moldavian ‘Csángó’ tradition (The Csángós are a group of Hungarians living in Moldva, which today belongs to Romania), because Hungarian spiritual songs could remain in their old original form mostly in this region, since this Hungarian ethnical group’s culture preserved, almost conserved characteristics and elements of mediaeval European music. All these archaic folk music themes with early music elements, which can be heard in our own interpretation and arrangement, give a handle to make some kind of synthesis and we hope they offer a new musical experience as well. The elements of the particular interpretation are as follows: mixing of folk music and early music (using instruments peculiar of the Middle Ages and Hungarian folk music) and use of polyphonic songs apart from unison songs.
- 'The Three Golden Apples' (cca. 50 min.)
Spiritual folk songs with accompaniment on the koboz (lutelike instrument) and viola (Hungarian fiddle with three strings) which cover all the Christian holy days in the whole year, i.e. from the birth of Jesus Christ until the coming of the Holy Spirit. This performance can be recommended for churches or other halls which have good enough acoustics without any amplification and to other places with the necessary amplification, in the whole year. [video»]
- 'At Jesus’ birth' (cca. 50 min.)
Spiritual folk songs with accompaniment on the koboz and viola which cover Advent and Christmas time. This performance can be recommended for churches or other halls which have good enough acoustics without any amplification and to other places with the necessary amplification, mainly in Advent. [video»]
- 'Resurrected Jesus Christ' (cca. 40 min.)
Spiritual folk songs with accompaniment on the koboz and viola which cover Lent time and Easter. This performance can be recommended for churches or other halls which have good enough acoustics without any amplification and to other places with the necessary amplification, mainly in the end of Lent time and at Easter. [video»]
- 'Maria Matrem' - mediaeval Maria-songs from ancient Spain and Hungary (cca. 60 min.)
Go to 'early music concerts'
'New King of new Star' (cca. 50 min.):
Tale and music about the birth of the baby Jesus, by the stories of Peasant Bible.
Early music concerts with a repertoire specific to the occasion (30-60 min.):
Sets of our early music concerts are made up of the musical themes from mediaeval Europe which is complemented with a Hungarian musical repertoire of the later centuries as far as until baroque pieces. The performance is held with the use of period instruments, such as koboz, mediaeval bagpipe, fiddle, percussion.
- Maria Matrem' - mediaeval Maria-songs from ancient Spain and Hungary (cca. 60 min.)
Mediaeval Maria-songs collected from collections titled 'Cantigas de Santa Maria' (13th century) and 'Llibre Vermell de Monserrat' (14th century) and folk songs about Maria from Hungary, most of them are accompanied on mediaeval instruments (gadulka, koboz, percussion, etc.). [video»]
Folk music concerts, workshops for adults:
Our folk music programmes are made up of folk concerts from different regions, dance-workshops (so called ‘dance-houses’), stage shows with dancing, tale-telling and / or song-teaching besides the music and different folk-art and ethnography workshops in clubs. [video»]
- 'Good relatives are meeting' - 'csuvas' and 'csango' songs with András Berecz (cca. 60 min.)
Drinking and relative-praise songs from 'Csuvas' nation and 'csango' songs with accompaniment on the koboz (lutelike instrument), and tales and stories [video»]
Workshops for children:
Our workshops for children managed by Andrea Navratil have been beloved by many people (adults as well as children) for a long while. They usually feature ‘dance-houses’, song-teachings, tale-tellings and handicraft workshops for children, often with playful lectures about our environment and traditional peasant farming. [video»]
