HANDEL: Zadok the Priest (arranged by Roland Szentpáli)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F major, op. 3. No 4b -  Movements I and II
Gábor Devecsai, Balázs Pecze, Dénes Seidl, Benedek Szászi - trumpet
Ákos Galla, Nándor Kasza, Gábor Pap, Róbert Stürzenbaum - trombone,
Hunor Varga - horn, Tibor Takács - tuba

BERLIOZ: L'enfance du Christ (excerpt) - Trio from the oratorio
Orsolya Kaczander, Szabolcs Szilágyi - flute, Lenka Petrovic - harp

TCHAIKOVSKY- János BALÁZS:  Paraphrase on The Nutcracker

LISZT: Legend No. 2 in E major "St. Francis Walking on the Waves"
János Balázs - piano

MOZART: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285
Orsolya Kaczander- flute, András Keller - violin, László Móré - viola, Eszter Karasszon - cello

BACH: Violin Sonata in C minor -  -  Movements I
SCHUBERT: Ave Maria for violin and piano
András Keller - violin
János Balázs - piano

DEBUSSY: Tarantelle styrienne - Danse (arranged by Aurél Holló)
Boglárka Fábry, Tibor Éles, Vitalij Dzsanda, Dániel Janca - percussion instruments

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Sextet in D minor "Souvenir de Florence", Op. 70
Keller Quartet (András Keller, Zsófia Környei - violin, Gábor Homoki - viola, László Fenyő - cello), Janka Szomor-Mekis - viola, Ákos Takács - cello

CHRIS HAZELL: Three Brass Cats - 1. Mr. Jums
Gábor Devecsai, Balázs Pecze, Dénes Seidl, Benedek Szászi - trumpet
Ákos Galla, Nándor Kasza, Gábor Pap, Róbert Stürzenbaum - trombone, Hunor Varga - horn, Tibor Takács - tuba

Our ensemble's long-established tradition of a Christmas concert is an unmissable event as we approach the feast of Nativity, even if this year, we are sadly forced to present it to the audience online. Exceptionally, instead of the usual Tchaikovsky programme scored for a full symphony orchestra, at this Christmastide, we have compiled a programme that doesn't only accommodate to the pandemic situation that accompanied the entire year but also reflects the spiritual message of Christmas. The compositions scored for smaller apparatuses promise a representative assortment ranging from Handel's anthem to the unmissable element of Christmas Concerts, Tchaikovsky's string sextet, Souvenir de Florence. The event's representative nature is also underlined by the fact that the performers taking to the stage each represent the various sections and instrument groups of Concerto Budapest, spanning from the brasses' Handel package to the percussionists' Debussy performance. The presence of our returning guest musician, the Kossuth Prize-winning pianist János Balázs, is also a key ingredient of the event's success. He will evoke a traditionally Christmassy composition, The Nutcracker, with his self-composed paraphrase on the piece. This time, the music director of Concerto Budapest, András Keller will not guarantee the unique joy of the end-of-season concert of the orchestra as its conductor but as a chamber musician and as 1st violinist of Keller Quartet.