A giant of the 20th century and two masters whose memory has somewhat faded, plus one of the most successful Hungarian composers of our day: this is the shrewdly selected foursome making up the concert in which two concertos and two orchestral compositions are performed under the expert guidance of Zoltán Rácz. János Vajda’s ironically titled, four-movement work was first performed in Miskolc, the composer’s hometown, in 2010, at the opening recital of the 10th Miskolc Opera Festival. It immediately received an ovation from the audience. Endre Szervánszky was one of the most interesting members of that composer generation following in the footsteps (and in the shade) of Bartók and Kodály: his Flute Concerto from 1954 met not merely the official criteria of the age but its values are clear for posterity, too. Soloist of this work is István Matuz, who has committed his professional life to promoting 20th century and contemporary flute music. In the wake of Béla Bartók’s Two Pictures dating from 1910 (1. In Full Flower, 2. Village Dance), the concert winds up with the 1953 Cello Concerto by András Mihály. Similarly to the case of Szervánszky, András Mihály also aimed to comply with the political expectations of the age. He was himself an accomplished cellist, so the difficult and yet rewarding task of representing the demanding principal part has gone to a fine musician from the ranks of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian Péter Somodari.