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 March 16th - April 1st, 2007 |
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Orchestral concerts March 25th HAS Ceremonial Hall, Roosevelt tér, 7:30 pm Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K 201 Pleyel: Cello concerto in D major Janácek: Suite for string orchestra Bartók: Divertimento Conductor: Ruben Gazarian With: Péter Szabó / cello An impulsive Armenian conductor’s interpretation of familiar compositions and a rarity. Music-making from Germany’s wealthiest region.
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Orchestral concerts March 25th Palace of Arts - Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 7:30 pm Guarnieri: Abertura concertante Bartók: Piano concerto No. 2. Debussy: La Mer Ginastera: Estancia, op. 8b Conductor: John Neschling With: Dezső Ránki / piano The Budapest programme of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra faithfully reflects the ensemble’s artistic aspirations. Besides masterpieces of universal music history (an orchestral piece by Debussy and a Bartók piano concerto), they will perform works by two composers who have become classics of 20th century South American music, Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983) and Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993).
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Chamber evenings March 25th Festetics Palace, Hall of Mirrors, 7:30 pm
István Metz (cello) and the Quartet Danel
Beethoven: Trio in C minor, op. 9/3 Kurtág György: Solo pieces for cello Bartók: String Quartet No. 5 Schubert: String Quintet István Metz, Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, internationally renowned performer of the work of György Kurtág, founder of a festival, is once again a guest of the Spring Festival. http://www.quatuordanel.com/
(With the support of the Andrássy Gyula German Speaking University Budapest.) |
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Chamber evenings March 25th Thália Theatre, 7:30 pm
Tamás Vásáry (piano) and Henriett Tunyogi (dance)
Chopin: Ballade in G minor, op. 23 No. 1 Scriabin: Étude in D sharp minor, op. 8 No. 2 (choreography: Henriett Tunyogi) Chopin: Waltzes in C sharp and E minor, op. 64 No. 2 and op. posth. 70 Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello and piano – 3rd movement (choreography: Uwe Scholz) Chopin: Three mazurkas (B flat major op. 7 No. 1; A minor op. 68 No. 2, F minor, op. 68 No. 4) Saint-Saëns: The Dying Swan (choreography: Mihail Fokine) Chopin: Prelude in B minor Ravel: Habanera Debussy: Pour le piano (choreography: Henriett Tunyogi) Kodály: Adagio for cello and piano Kabalevsky: Preludes in B, C and E flat minor Khachaturian: Toccata Shostakovich: Sonata for cello and piano – 4th movement (choreography: Renato Paroni) With: Christoph Böhm / dance, László Fenyő / cello
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Opera March 25th House of Future Teátrum, 11:00 am
Mozart marathon – Part I
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro Director: Balázs Kovalik Conductor: Péter Oberfrank Count: Péter Kálmán Countess: Gabriella Fodor Susanna: Veronika Geszthy Figaro: Antal Cseh Cherubino: Krisztina Simon Marcellina: Annamária Bucsi Bartolo: Bence Asztalos Basilio: Tivadar Kiss Antonio: András Hábetler Barbarina: Yang Li Don Curzio: Péter Drucker With: Budapest Concert Orchestra (MÁV), Victoria Chamber Choir Costumes: Mari Benedek “The performance firmly refuted the notion that the director had no conception embracing the three works: it was clear that we would not experience this marathon achievement as three separate events. At the end of the 13 hours – at the moment the finishing line was crossed – the audience exploded into the kind of rave more frequently seen at rock concerts even though the great majority of those in the hall were not occasional opera-goers, not young girls and youth in search of titillation but for the most part highly sensitive consumers of opera.”
Szabolcs Molnár – Magyar Narancs |
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Opera March 25th House of Future Teátrum, 4:00 pm
Mozart Marathon – Part II
Mozart: Così fan tutte Director: Balázs Kovalik Conductor: Péter Oberfrank Fiordiligi: Eszter Wierdl Dorabella: Viktória Mester Despina: Mária Farkasréti Ferrando: Zoltán Megyesi Guglielmo: János Fátrai Don Alfonso: Zoltán Bátki Fazekas With: Budapest Concert Orchestra (MÁV), Victoria Chamber Choir Costumes: Mari Benedek “Kovalik presents human games, he stages the theatricality of human behaviour, and in doing so he displays a very exceptional, deep and sarcastic knowledge of reality.”
Lóránt Péteri – Színház |
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Opera March 25th House of Future Teátrum, 8:30 pm
Mozart Marathon – Part III
Mozart: Don Giovanni Director: Balázs Kovalik Conductor: Péter Oberfrank Don Giovanni: Gábor Bretz Commendatore: N.N. Donna Anna: Beatrix Fodor Don Ottavio: Tibor Szappanos Donna Elvira: Dóra Érsek Leporello: Szabolcs Hámori Masetto: Géza Gábor Zerlina: Júlia Hajnóczy With: Budapest Concert Orchestra (MÁV), Victoria Chamber Choir Costumes: Mari Benedek “I don’t remember when I saw an audience in Hungary respond with such natural spontaneity or laugh so wholeheartedly at the turns in the plot of a classical opera. Probably never.”
Tamás Koltai – Hungarian Radio, New Music News “…I have never seen such a complex, authentic and poetic, entertaining, uplifting and painful performance of the work. (…) In my opinion there has not been a comparably significant opera première in Hungary since Lubimov’s Don Giovanni in 1982. Géza Fodor– Élet és Irodalom |
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Other events March 25th Béla Bartók Memorial House, 6:00 pm
Bartók recital by László Borbély, winner of 2nd prize in the
2006 Liszt–Bartók Piano Competition |
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