Larmes et Lumières – Palace Concerts 2026

Orpheus’s song moves even the inhabitants of the underworld when he pleads to have Eurydice returned to him. In the story, the joy of reunion is replaced by the pain of loss, and in mourning: hope sounds again and again. The evening’s program follows this journey: between excerpts from Orpheus works by Monteverdi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier, the instruments take over the thread of the story.

Date:  7:30 p.m., 27 November 2026

Venue: Archbishop's Palace, Veszprém

Series: Palace Concerts 2026

Title: Larmes et Lumières — Lights and Tears – a story of emotions, loss and hope.

Performer: Attila Varga-Tóth, tenor (alternating vocal and instrumental music)

Featuring: Julianna Gaál – violin; Réka Nagy – viola da gamba; Klára Hervai-d'Elhoungne  – viola da gamba, violin; József Sándor – viola; Rebeka Wang  – harpsichord; Igor Davidovics  – lute, theorbo

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PROGRAMME:

1. Alessandro Piccinini: Intavolatura di Liuto, Libro secondo – Corrente I. senza canto – solo lute

2. Claudio Monteverdi: Nigra sum

3. Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo – Vi ricorda, o boschi ombrosi

4. Antonio Bertali: d-moll triószonáta

5. Marin Marais: Pièces de viole, Livre II – Les Voix humaines

6. Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers, H.488 – excerpts (*Ah! bergers, c'en est fait; *Que d'un frivole espoir; *Cessez, cessez, fameux coupables; *Quelle touchante voix; *Je ne refuse point; *Je ne viens point ici; *Euridice n'est plus; *Sarabande)

7. Georg Friedrich Händel: G major Concerto grosso Op.6. No.1. Adagio, Allegro

8. G. F. Händel: Theodora oratorio – Descend, kind Pity

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