REFORMED HYMNS XXI

The most important musical events ofthe reformed congregations in the Carpathian Basin, the concert of reformed hymns has been organised, as a church service, since 2002 with the aim of performing and recording our national treasure of the reformed songs by professional artists. The choral and voice records on CD and DVD series published during the last 22 years are essential aids for the congregations, choir masters, choirs and educational institutions.

In addition to the 300 singers ofthe United Reformed Choir of the Carpathian Basin we have always invited choirsfrom Sub-Carpathia, Transylvania, Northern and Southern Hungary. In the four blocs of the concert a well-known European organist and four choir masters assure the high-quality performance. At the beginning of each musical bloc the Word of God is read from the Bible; at the end of the concert the Lord’s Prayer is prayed and, holding our hands, we sing the national Anthem together; finally a bishop prays and blesses the congregation. The audience sings several times together with the choirs thus more than one thousand singers sing God’s rejoicing Word in the concert hall of the OPERA.

Solos and choir works of the mostwell-known reformed psalms and hymns will be performed at this concert.

Organ master: Gábor Szotyori Nagy

Choir masters: János Arany, BoglárkaBerkesi, Dániel Erdélyi, Péter Hoppál