250 hurdy-gurdies | Szerényi Béla - hurdy-gurdy maker

The famous architect, who is in fatherly friendship with Béla Szerényi, sent this salutatory address to the event entitled ‘250 hurdy-gurdies’, which was read out at the outing by me. It was also the writer of this report who was privileged to be the host of the evening. János Nagy, whose name appeared in the list on the invitation card, could not come because of an illness, just like the wife of the instrument-maker master, the singer Judit Kóta. In both cases the sudden problem was caused by the illness of their children. In the end, Mihály Borbély, Pál Havasréti, György Lányi and Béla Szerényi gave a concert at the evening. Their music was virtuosic and innovative, the room was excellent: the Gothic Saloon of the Museum of History is not only nice but also has good acoustics. I like such kinds of concerts, they have a friendly atmosphere. Although it was a full-house evening, their playing was free and ‘conversational’, we could call it a togetherness, in the full sense of the word.

250 masterful instruments is an astonishing number, behind which I discover a deeper sense. Szerényi has an integrative personality, he brings together traditions and the latest endeavours. The instrument-maker master, who started his career as the heir of the Bársony legacy, continued on with the work started by Mihály Bársony. The tree planted by the master grew huge foliage and burst into bloom. In a vertical sense, Szerényi dip out of the deep roots of popular culture besides Bársony’s traditions, the whole Hungarian culture is part of his activity. He was driven by this vertical growth to the alteration of the instrument, both in its framework and its tonality. As for its shape, the special instrument is built around the wheel that is placed at the instrument’s geometric harmonic division by its maker...


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9 DECEMBER, BUDAPEST: Magyar Reneszánsz Együttes - Hungarian Renaissance Ensemble

"It is time to play late renaissance music!"

▶ Mandel Quartet, Claude Gervaise: dances - YouTube: ROBERT MANDEL and the Mandel Quartet - French renaissance dances composed by the editor and arranger Claude Gervaise. Gervaise was an assistant to Pierre Attaingnant too, and also the editor on the title pages for several of Attaingnant's books of instrumental dances. 

(english below)** A Magyar Reneszánsz Együttes akár napjaink "régizenei supergroup"-ja is lehetne, hiszen tagjai külön-külön mind igen népszerű együttesek vezetői, irányítói évtizedek óta. A Musica Profana, a Tercina, az Ex Canto és a Camerata Hungarica, valamint a Mandel Quartet tapasztalata, ötletei és tudása egyesül a Magyar Reneszánsz Együttesben. A különleges zenei formáció ebben a felállásban immár közel egy éve dolgozik együtt, a világ egyik legrangosabb régizenei fesztiválján, a Stockholm Early Music Festival-on mutatkoztak be óriási sikerrel.

** The Hungarian Renaissance Ensemble from today's "old music supergroup" yeah well be, as members of separate bands are very popular leaders, managers for decades. Musica Profana, Tercina, Ex Canto and Camerata Hungarica, and Mandel Quartet experience, ideas and knowledge unite the Hungarian Renaissance Ensemble. A special musical formation in this lineup has been working together for almost a year, one of the world's most prestigious early music festivals in Stockholm Early Music Festival were introduced with great success. (google translate)

> Magyar Reneszánsz Együttes

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