Bartók and Kodály

Mosaics in Motion

📍 This event takes place at Powell Hall

Friday, Apr 30, 2027, 10:30am View Subscriptions Saturday, May 1, 2027, 7:30pm View Subscriptions

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Program

Domingo Hindoyan, conductor
Pacho Flores, trumpet

Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta
Roberto Sierra Salseando
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

About this Concert

Sparks will fly, rhythms will flow, and you may find yourself dancing in your seat as Domingo Hindoyan conducts the SLSO in this lively program. Zoltán Kodály evokes Hungarian folk songs, and virtuoso trumpet player Pacho Flores brings Roberto Sierra’s salsa-inspired showstopper for trumpet and orchestra to life. Then, giving every instrument section a moment in the spotlight, Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a spectacular, imaginative, and delightful masterpiece. Bartók himself described this prismatic music as both “jesting” and “life-asserting.”

- When Pacho Flores performed the Spanish premiere of Salseando, reviewers exclaimed that “the enthusiastic audience erupted in one of the most intense and prolonged ovations we have recently seen in the Murcia auditorium.” (Scherzo).
- Domingo Hindoyan began his musical training in the Venezuelan El Sistema program before traveling the world to study with conducting mentors such as Esa Pekka-Salonen, Sir Andrew Davis, and Daniel Barenboim.
- After Béla Bartók and his wife fled Europe in 1940 to escape WWII, he thought that his career was over. However, a surprise commission from several close friends encouraged him to continue working, and the Concerto for Orchestra was born. Bartók filled its movements with many musical tributes to his Hungarian home, which helped to raise his spirit.

Artists

Meet the people that make the music.

Domingo Hindoyan

Conductor

Pacho Flores

Trumpet

Musicians of the SLSO

Special Thanks

Coffee Concert Series Supported by EverTrue
Friday morning complimentary refreshments courtesy of Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co. and Eddie’s Southtown Donuts