Design Without Borders – ‘Worth coming to the Kiscelli Museum’

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- 2022. október 18.
Érdi Tamás - fotó: Érdi-Harmos Réka
Érdi Tamás - fotó: Érdi-Harmos Réka

A series of classical music concerts is being put on in the Kiscelli Museum’s Sculpture Hall as part of the Design Without Borders exhibition. We talked to music historian János Mácsai, the host of the evenings.

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– The ‘3, 2, 1 – Music Without Borders’ concert series takes place in a truly special environment.

– A long-time favourite place of mine, the Kiscelli Museum is currently hosting the Design Without Borders exhibition. This bare brick church hall is a fantastic milieu, something mystical emanates from the building. It was hit by a bomb in World War II and no attempts were made to restore it to its pre-war condition afterwards. The structure was only made usable, thus creating a very exciting and unusual effect.

– What is your opinion on today’s efforts to juxtapose art forms?

– The objects of a contemporary design exhibition speak volumes about today’s era, conveying the visual message of an invoked atmosphere to the people of both the present and the future. It is interesting to consider that the musical pieces played at the concerts (Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring) were scandalously novel and are similar imprints of their own time. I also think it’s special how the Museum’s hallowed spaces might enhance, for example, the Rite of Spring’s sacred content, which invokes a pagan ritual and will be featured in the second concert. The resulting effect should be completely different from that of a more traditional concert venue.

– It is not the first time classical music concerts are put on in the Kiscelli Museum. Why might the museum’s qualities impress so many musicians?

– Two decades ago, there was still a vibrant concert scene in Kiscell; just think of the Óbuda Summer event series or the concerts of the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Unfortunately, these have since ceased to exist, but music is still sometimes played at a few exhibition openings.

It is no surprise that the Kiscelli Museum inspires musicians. The acoustics are wonderful, not too reverberant, unlike the interiors of many similar-sized churches. How the arts can create new life in this gloomy, huge, perhaps slightly eerie space is a truly great experience.

Trió Y - fotó: Krulik Photography

Trió Y – fotó: Krulik Photography

Since the Kiscelli Museum is a little more difficult to get to, I must assure everyone that every visit is well worth the effort. And recently I have had a personal motive to visit more often (here comes the plug, by the way): The exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of painter István Mácsai, my father, will open immediately after the Design Without Borders event.

– Which concert do you recommend to the audience and why?

– I recommend each concert programme for different reasons. Ravel’s Piano Trio in A minor performed by Trió Y in the first concert is rarely played in concert, even though it is a rewarding piece. The second concert will feature one of my favourite pieces: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring performed by pianists Róza Radnóti and Fülöp Ránki. Challenging for any musician, especially to play a work originally composed for orchestra in a four-hand version. And the pieces played by pianist Tamás Érdi in the third concert are all very dear to me; I would gladly listen to them at any time (of course not just in anybody’s performance). If this were a movie or a theatre play, I would say: the line-up is fantastic, it is worth coming to the Kiscelli Museum for every concert.

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