Falusi Mariann's evening: law-abiding thieves

◖FELLOWS

Mariann Falusi | vocals

Sándor Födő | percussion

Aurél Holló | percussion

Szebényi Dániel | keyboards, vocals

Mocsári Károly | piano

Balázs Cserta | clarinet

◖AZ ESTRŐL

"During the evening, songs will be performed that are clearly inspired by classical music, or that have taken their inspiration from classical music in a concrete way. There are many such songs all over the world, wittingly or unwittingly. It's a very good game, to recall and find these works," says Mariann Falusi of the evening. And the concert's co-editor, Miklós Fáy, explores the concept in this way:

The melody is in the composer's head, or maybe it's not, that's the problem, something should be written, preferably a big hit that thousands and millions of people will cry their eyes out to. And the solution doesn't come, and the telephone help is useless. But then there is the immense treasure trove of melodies, the beautiful music that composers have accumulated over the centuries. You can draw from it.

Before someone cries thief: it is not forbidden. The rules change, but a few decades after the death of the composer, the works go into the public domain, a hit song written with a beautiful and good text can be a treasure trove, an 18th century composer wrote a beautiful melody and it can be enjoyed in the 21st century. Nor should we believe that the process is necessarily one-way: Bach, Beethoven, and later Stravinsky and Richard Strauss thought that a melody belonged to everyone, and then came the happy and proud composers, who demanded their share of the royalties. We're more interested in the other way around, in treasure salvage and lending. We want to show how forgotten melodies seep back into our everyday lives, how Tchaikovsky becomes a country song, what Rachmaninoff has to do with Bridget Jones, what Tarrega has to do with the telephone ringing. As they say: there is no easy or serious music, only good and bad. But mostly good.