Autism-friendly Cocoa Concert
Program
Luigi Boccherinibio:
String Quintet in E major, Op. 11, No. 5 (transcript by Gábor Tokodi)
Csaba Sipos (double bass), Gábor Tokodi (guitar)
Alexander Borodin:
String Trio in G minor
Mária Gál-Tamási, Erika Illési (violin), György Kertész (cello)
George Gershwin:
Prelude No. 1 and 2 (transcript by James Cohn)
Ákos Ács (clarinet), Krisztina Melisko (piano)
Aleksey Igudesman:
La cucaracha, Salsa de la luna
Gyöngyvér Oláh, Anikó Mózes (violin), Csaba Sipos (double bass), László Herboly (percussion)
Dieterich Buxtehude:
Trio Sonata in A minor, BuxWV 272
Ágnes Biró (Baroque violin), Rita Lilla Sovány (viola da gamba), Soma Dinyés (harpsichord)
Johann Sebastian Bachbio – Charles Gounod:
Ave Maria (transcript by András Szabó)
András Szabó (horn), Erzsébet Szabó (piano)
Joy Webb:
Share my Yoke (transcript by László Grünwald)
Pál Jász, Zsuzsanna Szlávik (violin), Nao Yamamoto (viola), György Kertész (cello), Károly Kaszás (double bass), Gergely Csikota ( flugelhorn)
About the event
"A child who finds it difficult to express themselves in words can be reached through music, because they share the same feelings as everybody else.” Iván Fischer
With the help of the International Cseperedő Foundation, we have developed a unique concert format in recent years that provides a safe and fun environment for autistic children and their families alike. Before the Autismfriendly Cocoa Concerts, we invite families to consult our helpful online materials so that they can prepare for the effects of the concert’s visual and audio stimuli, ensuring the children do not encounter anything unexpected. By the time they enter the orchestra’s rehearsal hall, they will already be familiar with the musicians’ faces as well as the instruments. We also offer other aids like story-like explanations and colourful visual tools, which help the little ones follow the music.
