On March 27 in the Palace of Arts Nigel Kennedy will give a concert instead of previously announced performance of Maxim Vengerov.
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March 15th Saint Anne's Church Felsővíziváros, 8:00 pm
Kolos Kováts (voice) and Miklós
Teleki (organ) Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541
Beethoven: Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur Dvořák: Hospodin jest muj pastyr Bossi: Scherzo in G minor Stradella-Niedermayer: Pietŕ Signore Liszt: Evocation Kodály-Berzsenyi: Solitude Duruflé: Toccata, op. 5 Adam: Cantique de Noël Franck: Panis angelicus Antalffy-Zsíros: Variations on American Spirituals Brown: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Fisher: Deep river |
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March 18th Matthias Church, 8:00 pm
Levente Gyöngyösi: St Luke Passion – world première
Conductor: György Vashegyi With: László Kálmán (Evangelist), István Kovács (Jesus), Ágnes Kovács, Péter Bárány, Dávid Szigetvári, Dávid Csizmár / voice, Erdődy Chamber Orchestra (concertmaster: Zsolt Szefcsik), Purcell Choir (Organised jointly with the Erdődy Chamber
Orchestra Foundation, with the support of the Cultural Committee of the Municipality of Budapest.) |
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March 25th Matthias Church, 8:00 pm …secundum Scripturas… …az Írások szerint… ...according to the Scriptures... On March 25th, 2008 we can observe a rare phenomenon in the Christian church calendar: because of the early Easter, the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on Easter Tuesday. For its concert on this special occasion the Saint Ephraim Male Choir has chosen a programme that draws on three different liturgical and paraliturgical sources for these two feasts, grouping them in four sections along the themes of the Christian religion: from the Conception to the Resurrection. The three different traditions: the Byzantine Eastern, the Catholic Western and the Protestant Afro-American church music heritage in which the shared articles of faith and dogmas are expressed in a variety of artistic forms. But the basic elements of ancient cultic music that can be found in these widely differing cultural, musical and liturgical traditions (Gregorian chant, Byzantine Slav hymns, spirituals, motets) can nevertheless be felt behind the differences, expressing the longing of mortals for the transcendental through the liturgy. Instrumental prelude I. Conceived by the Holy Ghost 1. Tollite portas (Lift up your gates) – Gregorian chant from the Esztergom tradition 2. Four-part Gospel for the Feast of the Annunciation (Codex Sanblasianus, 14th c.) 3. Bortniansky: S nami Bog (God is with us) – solo: Csaba Gerzsenyi 4. Rachmaninov: Bogorodice Devo (Ave Maria) 5. Gy. Philipp arr.: Every time I feel the spirit – spiritual Instrumental interlude II. Born of the Virgin Mary 1. Puer natus (A child is born to us) – Gregorian introitus from the Esztergom tradition 2. T. Bubnó arr.: a./Blessed are they (Psalm 137) b./ Rejoice Isaiah – to the Byzantine hymn melody 3. Powell- T. Bubnó arr.: Go tell it on the mountain – Christmas spiritual Instrumental interlude III. He suffered and was buried 1. Jekimov: Psalm 136 (By the waters of Babylon) – solo: József Csapó 2. Gy. Philipp arr.: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child – spiritual solo: György Philipp 3. Ludkevich: Plotiju usnuv (Died only in body) – solo: Kornél Pechan Instrumental interlude IV. The third day He rose again 1. Sarti-Mjasnikov: Radujtesja ljudije – Rejoice O ye people (Easter hymn of joy) 2. Christ is risen – Resurrection troparion in Hungarian-Greek-Old Slav 3. Victimae paschali laudes (To the Paschal victim) – two-part sequence (Codex Las Huelgas) 4. Christ has conquered today – six-part Protestant song from the Eperjes Gradual 5. Gy. Philipp arr.: Angels rolled the stone away – Easter spiritual Artistic director: Tamás Bubnó The ensemble formed in 2002 took the name of the first great Byzantine hymn-writer, Saint Ephraim of Syria (306-373), who was known in his own lifetime as the “harp of the Holy Spirit”. The 16 members of the choir are professional singers attracted to Byzantine liturgical music, some of them Greek Catholics. Their main aim is to give authentic performances of the music treasures of Byzantine-rite churches in Hungary and Eastern Europe. They also occasionally perform compositions suitable for small ensembles from the Hungarian and international repertory for male choirs.
The male choir regularly sings at Greek Catholic liturgies; its leader, Tamás Bubnó (1957, Szikszó) is a singer and choir conductor. |
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March 26th Matthias Church, 8:00 pm
Zugló Philharmonia - King
Stephen Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Choir Purcell: Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day (1683) Gounod: Saint Cecilia Mass Conductor: Kálmán Záborszky With: Eszter Wierdl, Viktória Mester, Zoltán Megyesi, Kornél Mikecz / voice Cecilia, also known as Cecily, was an early Christian virgin and martyr († around 230), from the late Middle Ages one of the fourteen helping saints. Her legendary life story was written in a popular style. She grew up as a Christian in the patrician pagan Caecilius family. She took a vow of virginity in her early youth. Despite this, her parents forced her into a betrothal with a young pagan called Valerius. On her wedding night Cecilia persuaded her husband not to touch her, saying: “I have a holy angel as a lover who preserves my body from all abominable sin, and if he learns that you approach me with abominable love, know that he will strike you dead at once…” Valerius was persuaded, and was even baptised. Later his “heavenly rival” appeared before them and crowned them with a wreath of roses and lilies (these flowers are sometimes Cecilia’s attributes). Smelling the miraculous perfume of the flowers, Valerius’s younger brother, Tiburtius also became a Christian. Not long afterwards, all three won the martyr’s crown. But first Cecilia converted the soldiers and their officers accompanying them. She wears three martyr’s crowns. After three days of unsuccessful attempts (suffocation in steam, boiling in hot oil), they tried to behead her The executioner struck her neck three times, but she survived and did not die for three days, during which she divided everything she had among the poor and ordered a church to be founded in her house.
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March 27th University Church, 8:00 pm
Fassang - Dongó
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 Ballo hongaro after Giovanni Picchi Moldavian Belt Dance Bach: Fugue in G major (Gigue,) BWV 577 Gyimes song, Hejsza Moldavian shepherd Antonio de Cabezón: Differencias sobre la Gallarda Milanesa Variations on an old Hungarian dance melody László Fassang: Young Men’s Farewell Balázs Szokolay Dongó: Transylvanian Bagpipe Melodies after Bartók’s 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs With: László Fassang - organ, Balázs Szokolay Dongó - bagpipe, flute, saxophone
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March 28th University Church, 8:00 pm
"Our guest, a town –
Kolozsvár/Cluj greets Budapest" Organ recital by Erich Türk Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552
Bach: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 Mozart: Andante in F major Franck: Chorale in A minor Hans Peter Türk: In Honorem Honteri – variations (1988) “Brich uns, Herr, das Brot” – chorale prelude (1989) Elegie (1992) |
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March 29th Matthias Church, 8:00 pm
30th anniversary of the Budapest
Tomkins Vocal Ensemble Palestrina: Missa "Papae Marcelli" Stolzer: Motets Lassus: Cantiones Sacrae Sex Vocum – extracts Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Jubilate Deo; Stabat Mater Artistic director: János Dobra
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