St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, Lunca de Sus (Gyimesfelsőlok)

Sonday, 22 March, after the 11:30 a.m. Mass

21 March is the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach and also the European Early Music Day, which was joined a few years ago the Miercurea Ciuc Early Music Festival. In 2013, the European Early Music Network REMA (Réseau Européen de Musique Ancienne) declared 21 March, the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach and the beginning of the astronomical spring, as the European Early Music Day. The initiators aim to raise awareness of the cultural heritage and diversity of European early music through concerts, conferences and musical events organised across Europe.

TThe concert, The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, will take place on Sonday 22 March after the 11:30 a.m. Mass in St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, Lunca de Sus (Gyimesfelsőlok).

Joseph Haydn regarded The Seven Last Words of Christ as one of his crowning achievements.

In 1786 Haydn received an unusual commission for a work to be performed in an underground church in the Spanish city of Cádiz. The work was to be staged on Good Friday and consist of seven musical meditations on the final words of Christ. Haydn found the work extremely challenging to complete given the unique requirement of the commission, “it was no easy task to compose seven adagios lasting ten minutes each… indeed, I found it quite impossible to confine myself to the appointed limits.” The result, however, the composer personally considered to be one of his finest achievements.

Experience this unique work, in the inspiring surrounds of St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, Lunca de Sus.

Musicians:

VERESS Csaba – VIOLIN
PÉTER Ernő – VIOLIN
GÁBOR Előd – VIOLA
LÁZÁR Zsombor – CELLO

Admission to the concert is free.

Organizers: Cultural Center of Harghita County, Harghita County Council

Partners: St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church, Lunca de Sus