352 result(s) for choir
Invitation: Müpa Master Class, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 January
- 2 Jan 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
After conducting Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons at the New Year’s Concert on 1 January, René Jacobs will work with the Purcell Choir for the following two days. This public workshop offers a unique glimpse into the working practices of one of the great early music exponents of our times, in which he will teach two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s brilliant motets to an ensemble of outstanding Hungarian ...
Invitation: New Year's Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 29 Dec 2013 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The New Year’s Concert is a highly successful tradition of several years standing at the Palace of Arts. In 2013, we had the opportunity to hear Haydn‘s oratorio The Seasons with Helmuth Rilling, while on the first day of 2014 the work will be presented by another world-renowned conductor in the shape of René Jacobs.
Invitation: New Zagar Video & Christmas Gig, Trafó Budapest, 27 Dec
- 27 Dec 2013 8:03 AM
- entertainment
The Eastern European electronica frontrunner Zagar released a new album earlier this year. ‘Light Leaks’ is a journey of light breaking through dark and it explores expansive cinematic dreamscapes created with their perfect blend of cool guitar riffs, vintage synth sounds and Kraftwerk style vocoders. It exposes a miraculous and wonderful world where a child enjoys colorful fantasy, ignoring ...
Vörösmarty Square’s Budapest Winter Fair Until 31 December
- 26 Dec 2013 7:55 AM
- shopping
Between today, 28 November and 31 December 2013, Vörösmarty Square greets visitors with two stages, a colourful cultural programme, presentations and a fair of Hungarian arts and crafts, plus traditional food and drinks. The premier winter event of the city will again fill the square with irresistible aromas, craft and design products that make unique Christmas presents, and the sound of live ...
Invitation: Christmas Organ Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 Dec
- 19 Dec 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Balázs Szabó, our guide on an interesting workshop tour through the past of organ music, is still shy of his 30th year and yet has already followed a strikingly diverse career path engaged with both the history of the instrument and organ renovation. In providing a taste of the work of Max Reger and Karl Straube, he illuminates their relationship to the music of the “originator”, Johann Sebastian ...
Invitation: A Festival Of Nine Lessons & Carols, Budapest, 13 December
- 12 Dec 2013 3:20 AM
- community & culture
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was first held on Christmas Eve 1918. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, who at the age of thirty-four had just been appointed Dean of King's College, after experience as an army chaplain which had convinced him that the Church of England needed more imaginative worship.
Hungarian National Philharmonic’s Concert, National Concert Hall, Budapest, 4 December
- 3 Dec 2013 3:30 AM
- community & culture
Anton Bruckner’s (unfinished) Symphony No. 9 as well as the anthem of faith and hope, the Te Deum will be performed on 4th December. The Austrian composer could not even complete his swansong, and had written just three out of four movements before his death in 1896.
Morricone To Tour Europe With Hungarian Musicians
- 11 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2014 renowned Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who has written music for 500-plus films, will tour Europe alongside Hungarian musicians. His score, for example, for Once Upon a Time in the West and Le Professionnel have become international hits. Morricone, who is also a noted conductor, will set out for his concert tour (perhaps his last) together with some 150 Hungarian musicians and choir ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Invitation: Müpa Master Class, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 January
- 2 Jan 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
After conducting Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons at the New Year’s Concert on 1 January, René Jacobs will work with the Purcell Choir for the following two days. This public workshop offers a unique glimpse into the working practices of one of the great early music exponents of our times, in which he will teach two of Johann Sebastian Bach’s brilliant motets to an ensemble of outstanding Hungarian ...
Invitation: New Year's Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 29 Dec 2013 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The New Year’s Concert is a highly successful tradition of several years standing at the Palace of Arts. In 2013, we had the opportunity to hear Haydn‘s oratorio The Seasons with Helmuth Rilling, while on the first day of 2014 the work will be presented by another world-renowned conductor in the shape of René Jacobs.
Invitation: New Zagar Video & Christmas Gig, Trafó Budapest, 27 Dec
- 27 Dec 2013 8:03 AM
- entertainment
The Eastern European electronica frontrunner Zagar released a new album earlier this year. ‘Light Leaks’ is a journey of light breaking through dark and it explores expansive cinematic dreamscapes created with their perfect blend of cool guitar riffs, vintage synth sounds and Kraftwerk style vocoders. It exposes a miraculous and wonderful world where a child enjoys colorful fantasy, ignoring ...
Vörösmarty Square’s Budapest Winter Fair Until 31 December
- 26 Dec 2013 7:55 AM
- shopping
Between today, 28 November and 31 December 2013, Vörösmarty Square greets visitors with two stages, a colourful cultural programme, presentations and a fair of Hungarian arts and crafts, plus traditional food and drinks. The premier winter event of the city will again fill the square with irresistible aromas, craft and design products that make unique Christmas presents, and the sound of live ...
Invitation: Christmas Organ Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 Dec
- 19 Dec 2013 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Balázs Szabó, our guide on an interesting workshop tour through the past of organ music, is still shy of his 30th year and yet has already followed a strikingly diverse career path engaged with both the history of the instrument and organ renovation. In providing a taste of the work of Max Reger and Karl Straube, he illuminates their relationship to the music of the “originator”, Johann Sebastian ...
Invitation: A Festival Of Nine Lessons & Carols, Budapest, 13 December
- 12 Dec 2013 3:20 AM
- community & culture
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols was first held on Christmas Eve 1918. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, who at the age of thirty-four had just been appointed Dean of King's College, after experience as an army chaplain which had convinced him that the Church of England needed more imaginative worship.
Hungarian National Philharmonic’s Concert, National Concert Hall, Budapest, 4 December
- 3 Dec 2013 3:30 AM
- community & culture
Anton Bruckner’s (unfinished) Symphony No. 9 as well as the anthem of faith and hope, the Te Deum will be performed on 4th December. The Austrian composer could not even complete his swansong, and had written just three out of four movements before his death in 1896.
Morricone To Tour Europe With Hungarian Musicians
- 11 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2014 renowned Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who has written music for 500-plus films, will tour Europe alongside Hungarian musicians. His score, for example, for Once Upon a Time in the West and Le Professionnel have become international hits. Morricone, who is also a noted conductor, will set out for his concert tour (perhaps his last) together with some 150 Hungarian musicians and choir ...
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.