The Liszt Museum holds matinee concerts every Saturday at 11 A.M. The chamber recital by the Hungarian-New Zealand Dolfin-Lin cello-piano duo ranges from Brahms' sonata, a staple of the traditional romantic chamber music repertoire, to Bartók's composition, which experiments with folk music, to the Hungarian premiere of Gao Ping's sonata, subtitled "Departure," a work with a very special atmosphere. more
Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94c
Gao Ping: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 (‘Departure’)
Balázs Dolfin (cello), Tony Chen Lin (piano)
Cellist Balázs Dolfin, who comes from a family of Hungarian musicians, and New Zealander pianist Tony Chen Lin have had many points of intersection in their careers: both studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and in renowned German music universities, with Balázs Dolfin graduating in Munich and Tony Chen Lin in Freiburg. However, it was not at these institutions but at a chamber music festival in Italy in 2021 where they met, their collaboration immediately found fertile ground. Since 2022, they have been performing as a permanent cello-piano duo, the Dolfin-Lin duo, appearing in many countries across Europe. They begin their matinee concert with Brahms’ Sonata in E minor, which the young, thirty-year-old Brahms composed as a token of gratitude for an amateur cellist friend who helped him find a position in Vienna. The piece is technically easier, but it contains complicated musical solutions, such as the fugue finale, which pays homage to Bach by recalling the Art of Fugue. This is followed by Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1, originally composed for violin and piano, which the composer himself transcribed for cello. The rhapsody occupies a special place in Bartók’s oeuvre, as the composer not only adapted folk melodies, but also incorporated their original folk performance style into his music. Bartók insisted that his chamber music partners listen to the original folk music recordings he had made himself during his folk music research trips. The concert concludes with Chinese contemporary composer Gao Ping’s piece Departure, to whom Tony Chen Lin has a personal connection, having studied with him. The five-part work will be performed as a Hungarian premiere; the piece takes its inspiration from a line of poetry by the Song Dynasty (10-13. century) poet, Su Dongpo: „From here and now, I shall depart with my little boat, for the rest of my life, on the sea I would float.”
Presented by
Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum and Research Centre
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Elgar: Seranade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
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