The opportunity to open the 23rd edition of the international festival Days of the Organ – Dies organorum will be given to the Hungarian organist Zsolt Mészáros, researcher of Franz Liszt’s organ opus, organist and music director in the Main Parish Church of the Assumption in Budapest, an award-winning organist and composer. Mészáros is dedicated to the popularization of organ music and the promotion of Hungarian musical culture.

Program:
Zsolt Máté Mészáros (1992)
Concert Overture ‒ Hommage à Kodály Zoltán

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Tema con variazioni from Symphonic Minutes, Op. 36 (Organ transcription by Z. M. Mészáros)

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
The Young Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser (Organ transcription by Franz Liszt)

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Consolation in D flat major

Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Final from Organ Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 14

Franz Liszt
Ave Maria d’Arcadelt

Variations on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen