This concert by the MÁV Symphony Orchestra offer a voyage across Italy, first by evoking the celebrated 19th-century double bass virtuoso Giovanni Bottesini with an instrumental excerpt from a Romantic opera of his.

Next comes Ottorino Respighi’s Violin Concerto, inspired by early Christian and Gregorian music. We will conclude with Richard Strauss’s atmospherically rich symphonic poem Aus Italien, which nostalgically recalls visits to Sorrento, Rome and Naples almost like a postcard.

Serving as the soloist for the evening is the world-famous violin virtuoso Kristóf Baráti. The name Michelangelo Mazza might also be familiar: he is considered a specialist when it comes to conducting Italian opera.

Place: National Concert Hall Budapest

Address: 1095 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1