A fitting programme for Good Friday at the stunning Franz Liszt Music Academy: the concert opens with a sacred work by Joseph Haydn, inspired by Christ's final seven sayings. Commissioned by a church in Cádiz, the piece ends with an earthquake – a dramatic echo of the moment the world was shaken. Also on the bill are two excerpts from Wagner's Parsifal. The first-act prelude and Good Friday Spell from Act III beautifully capture the day's emotional pull – where sorrow meets spring, and darkness quietly gives way to light.
(Cover photo: Felvégi Andrea – Concerto Budapest)
