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Celebrating 20 years of Méta: "Joy has come..."
"Art has the ability to return people’s feelings which they may have lost. Good music is a world religion in which we are all believers. This includes folk music - while listening to it one feels that one belongs to others, to life... to each other.
It enables us to find the rightful place of everything in the world and does not allow the “colonization” of our senses. It survives everything - if nowhere else, in our souls.
On this festive album this is worthily revived in the interpretation of the now 20 year-old Méta. Because this material is festive. And, as such, it broadens horizons, lifts past over present, unites earth with sky. The world’s principles remain the same, while attitudes towards them are unique. And the real value of things is hidden in their permanence - that is also proved by this CD."
"On our jubilee anthology the listener finds selections grouped not by regional origin. We formed three larger groups primarily based on the message of the texts, between which fit two shorter traditionally edited compositions. We hope, in this way, that everybody will find their favourite songs from the harvest of 20 years.
We did..."
1. Szerelem
Nincsen csillag az égen (Kalotaszeg)
Szabad madár (Buza)
Maros mellett (Lőrincréve)
Nem tudja azt senki, csak a Jóisten (Észak-Mezőség)
Én vagyok a falu rossza (Kalotaszeg)
Fekete gyász (Kalotaszeg)
Tudod, babám (Magyarszovát)
2. Gyöngy
Mikor én még kicsi voltam
Gyöngyöm, gyöngyöm
3. Tavaszidő
Elment a madárka (Kalotaszeg)
A tavaszi szép időnek (Kalotaszeg)
Tavasz, tavasz (Moldva)
Ma van húsvét napja (Szatmár)
4. Választó
Mit nekem egy almát…
5. Köszöntő
Mária, Mária (Moldva)
Vagyon az égen egy csillag (Székelyföld)
Ez napon itt megjelentünk (Szék)
Eljöttek a múzsák (Szatmár)
Gergely-járás (feldolgozás)
Eljött az öröm (Kalotaszeg)
Neved tiszteletére…; Éljen, éljen… (Szilágyság)
Musicians:
Beáta Salamon - violin, voice
Attila Gera - clarinet, tárogató, whistle, tilinka, accordion, voice
Zsolt Nagy - viola, drum, voice
Zoltán Porteleki - cimbalom, viola, hurdy-gurdy, voice
Albert Mohácsy - bass, csello, koboz, voice
Guests:
Ferenc Németh - voice, drums
Part 1.
Part 2.
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Beáta Salamon whose singing voice and virtuosity on the violin are the specialities of Méta founded the ensemble. This formation is working together since 1999. The very base of our work is playing in dance houses. We learn our musical repertoire from archive material and from our own collections. We try to pass on our personal experiences to our students in the art school, at our courses in folk music and in our summer camps.
In different plays, we have performed in the most popular theatres of Hungary. Our adventure into world music is the Heavy Méta formation, in which perform the experts of the Hungarian blues-life too. As a representative of the Hungarian folklore movement, our band regularly gives concerts at home and abroad and also performs at international festivals and musical competitions.
The important points in our career:
1983 The title of the "Young Masters of Folk Art"
1990 MTV (Hungarian Television) Competition for Folk Ensembles - first prize
1999 eMeRTon-Prize (Hungarian Radio Ltd.)
Our adventure into world music is the Heavy Méta formation, in which such experts of the Hungarian blues-life perform as Tamás Takáts, Zoltán Sipeki, György Ferenczi and Gábor Molnár.
01. Free bird
02. I like you
03. Mária,Mária
04. Pace
05. Love
06. Moldva
07. Pentecostal rose
08. Variations
09. Spring,spring
10. Black mourning
11. Manly
12. Paradise
Beáta Salamon-voice, fiddle - leader
Attila Gera-wind instruments
Zsolt Nagy-3 and 4 stringed viola, drum
Zoltán Porteleki-hammered dulcimer, hurdy-gurdy, viola
Mohácsy Albert-double bass, cello, koboz, gardon
Ferenc Németh-voice, drum
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