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Aggtelek National Park In Hungary: A Great Weekend Getaway
- 4 Jun 2014 9:02 AM
- getting around
Expats may live in Hungary for years without ever venturing further beyond Budapest than Szentendre. The ruin pubs and the Danube Bend certainly have their attractions, and it is sometimes difficult to remember that there is more to the country, especially in terms of natural beauty. One of these easily accessible gems is Aggtelek National Park.
“10th Contemporary European Horticulture & Garden Show”, Károlyi Mansion, Hungary
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- property
The 10th European Art of Garden Show, the traditional annual event at the Karolyi château which brings each year together some of the European garden specialists into its splendid surroundings, will take place on May 30th to June 1st. It will focus this year on Mediterranean plants and parks as well as sustainable development in historic parks with the presentation of the “hybrid gardens” and ...
Spring Fundraising Dinner, St. Margaret’s Church Budapest, 9 May
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Featured Speakers: Ann Rossiter and Simon Ingram-Hill tell of their adventures: AROUND THE WORLD - ..15 countries, 7 choirs, and 37 cookbooks....We shall salute them as they head off this summer for their next assignment in Sierra Leone, where Simon will become head of the British Council and its programmes.
MR Symphonics, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 April
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The worlds of gods and men are separated by a vast chasm. This was an idea that fascinated Goethe, Wagner and Hölderlin. The latter was particularly pessimistic about man’s role: to him, fate was nothing more than ceaseless drifting, a blind struggle. Brahms encountered Hölderlin’s poem Hyperions Schicksalslied (Hyperion’s Song of Fate) in his mid thirties, immediately recognising the potential ...
The Metropolitan Opera: Live In HD, Festival Theater, 6 April
- 4 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Replay of the live broadcast with English and Hungarian subtitle. The most frequently performed opera in the Metropolitan’s history, the tale of La Bohème, which portrays the life of hedonistic young artists with all its joys and tragedies, is presented here with an excitingly young cast in a classic production by Franco Zeffirelli and with the outstanding Italian conductor Stefano Ranzani at the ...
British Vocal Group Voces8 In Budapest On 28 March
- 20 Mar 2014 9:30 AM
- community & culture
VOCES8, the outstanding vocal ensemble from Britain is coming to its first tour in Hungary, consisting of only three tour dates. To the invitation of Philharmonia Hungary, three Hungarian cities will host the group; they will perform in Veszprém at the Pannon University on 25 March, in Nagykanizsa at the Hevesi Sándor Cultural Centre on 27 March, and for two times, with two different programs in ...
Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok: Temptations, National Concert Hall Budapest, 16 March
- 15 Mar 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The central concept of this last performance in a joint series of the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok and the Palace of Arts is the human desire to possess the unattainable. The unattainable as a devilish temptation is at the same time one of the prerequisites for knowledge and growth.
Ceremonial Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
Budapest Awed By Indefatigable Morricone’s Concert
- 16 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Ennio Morricone (85) gave a memorable concert in Budapest’s Papp László Arena on Saturday evening, February 15. For the second time in a Budapest concert in ten years, Morricone was welcomed by a nearly sellout house and a resounding ovation. Titled “My Life in Music”, his concert tour took him to Budapest after Paris, Prague, Berlin and Zurich.
Aggtelek National Park In Hungary: A Great Weekend Getaway
- 4 Jun 2014 9:02 AM
- getting around
Expats may live in Hungary for years without ever venturing further beyond Budapest than Szentendre. The ruin pubs and the Danube Bend certainly have their attractions, and it is sometimes difficult to remember that there is more to the country, especially in terms of natural beauty. One of these easily accessible gems is Aggtelek National Park.
“10th Contemporary European Horticulture & Garden Show”, Károlyi Mansion, Hungary
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- property
The 10th European Art of Garden Show, the traditional annual event at the Karolyi château which brings each year together some of the European garden specialists into its splendid surroundings, will take place on May 30th to June 1st. It will focus this year on Mediterranean plants and parks as well as sustainable development in historic parks with the presentation of the “hybrid gardens” and ...
Spring Fundraising Dinner, St. Margaret’s Church Budapest, 9 May
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Featured Speakers: Ann Rossiter and Simon Ingram-Hill tell of their adventures: AROUND THE WORLD - ..15 countries, 7 choirs, and 37 cookbooks....We shall salute them as they head off this summer for their next assignment in Sierra Leone, where Simon will become head of the British Council and its programmes.
MR Symphonics, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 April
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The worlds of gods and men are separated by a vast chasm. This was an idea that fascinated Goethe, Wagner and Hölderlin. The latter was particularly pessimistic about man’s role: to him, fate was nothing more than ceaseless drifting, a blind struggle. Brahms encountered Hölderlin’s poem Hyperions Schicksalslied (Hyperion’s Song of Fate) in his mid thirties, immediately recognising the potential ...
The Metropolitan Opera: Live In HD, Festival Theater, 6 April
- 4 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Replay of the live broadcast with English and Hungarian subtitle. The most frequently performed opera in the Metropolitan’s history, the tale of La Bohème, which portrays the life of hedonistic young artists with all its joys and tragedies, is presented here with an excitingly young cast in a classic production by Franco Zeffirelli and with the outstanding Italian conductor Stefano Ranzani at the ...
British Vocal Group Voces8 In Budapest On 28 March
- 20 Mar 2014 9:30 AM
- community & culture
VOCES8, the outstanding vocal ensemble from Britain is coming to its first tour in Hungary, consisting of only three tour dates. To the invitation of Philharmonia Hungary, three Hungarian cities will host the group; they will perform in Veszprém at the Pannon University on 25 March, in Nagykanizsa at the Hevesi Sándor Cultural Centre on 27 March, and for two times, with two different programs in ...
Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok: Temptations, National Concert Hall Budapest, 16 March
- 15 Mar 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The central concept of this last performance in a joint series of the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok and the Palace of Arts is the human desire to possess the unattainable. The unattainable as a devilish temptation is at the same time one of the prerequisites for knowledge and growth.
Ceremonial Programs In Budapest On 15 March
- 13 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
Budapest Awed By Indefatigable Morricone’s Concert
- 16 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Ennio Morricone (85) gave a memorable concert in Budapest’s Papp László Arena on Saturday evening, February 15. For the second time in a Budapest concert in ten years, Morricone was welcomed by a nearly sellout house and a resounding ovation. Titled “My Life in Music”, his concert tour took him to Budapest after Paris, Prague, Berlin and Zurich.