352 result(s) for choir
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Invitation: All Nations Lions Club Gala Charity Concert In Budapest
- 27 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
This year the Lions is organizing its tenth Gala Concert to raise funds in support of those in need: this time the proceeds from the concert will go towards the Foundation of the Bethersda Children’s Hospital in Budapest. The concert will take place at the beautiful art noveau building of Duna Palota in the heart of the city at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 7th March.
Music Freedom Day Is Coming To Hungary To Bakelit Multi Art Center On 3 March
- 27 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Music Freedom Day is prestigious series of events that is organized every year on the same day, 3rd March by Swedish organisation Freemuse. The aim of creating the organisation was to draw attention to freedom of practising of fundamental human rights and inequalities, barriers and abuses connected with them experienced all over the world.
New Year’s Youth Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 29 Dec 2010 12:16 AM
- community & culture
"It has become a tradition for the Palace of Arts to herald the New Year with a performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation. In the afternoon prior to the evening concert, conductor Ádám Fischer presents a cross-section of the oratorio to a young audience. This matinée performance highlights the parts of the work that use music to help the audience “visualise” and attune their ears to the Biblical ...
Christmas Concerts & Events In Allee Mall Budapest Until End December
- 24 Dec 2010 8:20 AM
- shopping
"Artists and bands turn Christmas preparations into a true experience each week in the Allee Shopping Centre in New Buda. Anyone may see the stars of international music on December 18. On top of that, during the Advent period, kids can enjoy the Santa Claus House, arts and crafts workshops and other enthralling performances.
New Year's Concert At National Concert Hall In Budapest, 1 January
- 21 Dec 2010 7:54 AM
- community & culture
"The Palace of Arts has been staging a New Year's concert since 2008. Each year, Haydn's wonderful oratorio, first performed in 1798, is played to mark the occasion. "The Creation is something we need," writes András Batta of the piece, "we desire that someone shows us the beauty of the world once again, and imbues in us the feeling that it is good to live on this earth."
Budapest Music Weeks Until 30 November
- 12 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- entertainment
"The story of the first festival of the Hungarian capital dates back to 1958 when Philharmonia organised a ”Bartók Festival” at the beginning of the autumn concert season. The list of participants was quite fascinating: Yehudi Menuhin, Svyatoslav Richter, the Juilliard String Quartet, János Ferencsik, Annie Fischer…
Donizetti: L'elisir D'amore, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 6 November
- 5 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Donizetti composed his opera in under two weeks in 1832 and it is now one of the most frequently performed of the seventy he completed. The driving force of this charming and entertaining piece is of course, love, jealousy, and a bottle of Bordeaux wine believed to be a love potion.
Liszt Year In Hungary In 2011
- 28 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Next year we are celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Franz Liszt, a major event for classical music throughout the world. It is a fortunate coincidence that in the same year, in the first half of 2011 Hungary is assuming the Presidency of the European Union, which will provide an opportunity to present the work of Franz Liszt and the Hungarian identity he embraced, in events throughout ...
Handel: Hercules, National Concert Hall Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Even by Handel’s standards for high-speed composition, Hercules was completed in record time. Taking the story of Sophocles’s Women of Trachis and Ovid’s Metamorphoses as his basis, the composer began writing the work on 19 July 1744 and finished on 21 August. In the meantime, he sent teasing letters to Charles Jennens, the librettist of the work (and of the oratorio Belshazzar), urging him to ...
Invitation: All Nations Lions Club Gala Charity Concert In Budapest
- 27 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
This year the Lions is organizing its tenth Gala Concert to raise funds in support of those in need: this time the proceeds from the concert will go towards the Foundation of the Bethersda Children’s Hospital in Budapest. The concert will take place at the beautiful art noveau building of Duna Palota in the heart of the city at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 7th March.
Music Freedom Day Is Coming To Hungary To Bakelit Multi Art Center On 3 March
- 27 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Music Freedom Day is prestigious series of events that is organized every year on the same day, 3rd March by Swedish organisation Freemuse. The aim of creating the organisation was to draw attention to freedom of practising of fundamental human rights and inequalities, barriers and abuses connected with them experienced all over the world.
New Year’s Youth Concert, National Concert Hall Budapest, 1 January
- 29 Dec 2010 12:16 AM
- community & culture
"It has become a tradition for the Palace of Arts to herald the New Year with a performance of Joseph Haydn’s The Creation. In the afternoon prior to the evening concert, conductor Ádám Fischer presents a cross-section of the oratorio to a young audience. This matinée performance highlights the parts of the work that use music to help the audience “visualise” and attune their ears to the Biblical ...
Christmas Concerts & Events In Allee Mall Budapest Until End December
- 24 Dec 2010 8:20 AM
- shopping
"Artists and bands turn Christmas preparations into a true experience each week in the Allee Shopping Centre in New Buda. Anyone may see the stars of international music on December 18. On top of that, during the Advent period, kids can enjoy the Santa Claus House, arts and crafts workshops and other enthralling performances.
New Year's Concert At National Concert Hall In Budapest, 1 January
- 21 Dec 2010 7:54 AM
- community & culture
"The Palace of Arts has been staging a New Year's concert since 2008. Each year, Haydn's wonderful oratorio, first performed in 1798, is played to mark the occasion. "The Creation is something we need," writes András Batta of the piece, "we desire that someone shows us the beauty of the world once again, and imbues in us the feeling that it is good to live on this earth."
Budapest Music Weeks Until 30 November
- 12 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- entertainment
"The story of the first festival of the Hungarian capital dates back to 1958 when Philharmonia organised a ”Bartók Festival” at the beginning of the autumn concert season. The list of participants was quite fascinating: Yehudi Menuhin, Svyatoslav Richter, the Juilliard String Quartet, János Ferencsik, Annie Fischer…
Donizetti: L'elisir D'amore, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 6 November
- 5 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Donizetti composed his opera in under two weeks in 1832 and it is now one of the most frequently performed of the seventy he completed. The driving force of this charming and entertaining piece is of course, love, jealousy, and a bottle of Bordeaux wine believed to be a love potion.
Liszt Year In Hungary In 2011
- 28 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Next year we are celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Franz Liszt, a major event for classical music throughout the world. It is a fortunate coincidence that in the same year, in the first half of 2011 Hungary is assuming the Presidency of the European Union, which will provide an opportunity to present the work of Franz Liszt and the Hungarian identity he embraced, in events throughout ...