26 result(s) for choral festival
Hungarian National Dance Ensemble: 'The Faithless Wife', Festival Theatre Budapest,16 December
- 16 Dec 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
A detective story: the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble's large-scale premiere of The Faithless Wife casts light on the hidden aspects of the original ballad.
This full-evening "crime story" of a dance drama takes as its starting point Barcsai's Lover, one of the most estimable of Hungary's balladic treasures. After cuckolding her husband, a wife awaits a terrible punishment. But how did ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 December
- 9 Dec 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
A rarely heard suite, a classical concerto, a tribute to Bach and the capstone of a symphonic oeuvre.
This is what this sometimes fiery concert flowing with the air of Northern Europe and conducted by regular BFO guest conductor Robin Ticciati has to offer. Bookending the programme are two works by Sibelius: the first incidental music he wrote for a theatrical play and his Seventh Symphony, ...
Watch: Fontaines D.C. @ Sziget Festival in Budapest, 11 August
- 13 Jun 2024 5:30 PM
- entertainment
‘Skinty Fia,’ the title of the much-anticipated third album by Fontaines D.C, translates to English as “the damnation of the deer.”
György Orbán & His Students, Festival Theatre Budapest, 4 June
- 4 Jun 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
György Orbán taught composition and music theory at Budapest's Liszt Academy between 1982 and 2009.
The three composers whose works we will hear alongside those of their teacher are not only linked to Orbán as students, but also continuously exploit the intellectual capital they received from him. To open the concert, Levente Gyöngyösi will conduct his ensemble Seventeen
Singers in choral ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
Vajdahunyad Castle Summer Music Festival, Until 29 July
- 16 Jul 2021 9:52 AM
- community & culture
For the 29th time in this splendid Renaissance setting, this year until 1 August, music-lovers can enjoy symphony concerts as well as performances by Budapest Bar, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Sabbathsong Klezmer Band, and the Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra.
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band, Vajdahunyad Castle, 22 July
- 8 Jul 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
„More than klezmer” - In addition to the well-known Hebrew, Yiddish and klezmer songs, new pieces and world hits will also be performed with pleasant choral sounds.
Vocal, violin, theremin, piano, contrabass, drums in two acts.
Budapest Festival Orchestra Reopens, Season Passes Go On Sale For Next Season
- 11 May 2021 4:02 PM
- community & culture
“We are very much looking forward to being able to play in front of a live audience again,” says BFO music director Iván Fischer, who has once again compiled a diverse program for the upcoming 2021-2022 season, featuring familiar works as well as exciting new pieces.
Online: Liszt-Berlioz Marathon @ Palace Of Arts, 6 February
- 1 Feb 2021 12:48 PM
- https://www.mupa.hu/en
- community & culture
From Mupa: Liszt and Berlioz were not just contemporaries and rivals – two 19th century Romantics – but also friends and brothers-at-arms.
Hungarian National Dance Ensemble: 'The Faithless Wife', Festival Theatre Budapest,16 December
- 16 Dec 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
A detective story: the Hungarian National Dance Ensemble's large-scale premiere of The Faithless Wife casts light on the hidden aspects of the original ballad.
This full-evening "crime story" of a dance drama takes as its starting point Barcsai's Lover, one of the most estimable of Hungary's balladic treasures. After cuckolding her husband, a wife awaits a terrible punishment. But how did ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 9 December
- 9 Dec 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
A rarely heard suite, a classical concerto, a tribute to Bach and the capstone of a symphonic oeuvre.
This is what this sometimes fiery concert flowing with the air of Northern Europe and conducted by regular BFO guest conductor Robin Ticciati has to offer. Bookending the programme are two works by Sibelius: the first incidental music he wrote for a theatrical play and his Seventh Symphony, ...
Watch: Fontaines D.C. @ Sziget Festival in Budapest, 11 August
- 13 Jun 2024 5:30 PM
- entertainment
‘Skinty Fia,’ the title of the much-anticipated third album by Fontaines D.C, translates to English as “the damnation of the deer.”
György Orbán & His Students, Festival Theatre Budapest, 4 June
- 4 Jun 2024 7:30 PM
- classical
György Orbán taught composition and music theory at Budapest's Liszt Academy between 1982 and 2009.
The three composers whose works we will hear alongside those of their teacher are not only linked to Orbán as students, but also continuously exploit the intellectual capital they received from him. To open the concert, Levente Gyöngyösi will conduct his ensemble Seventeen
Singers in choral ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 25 March
- 25 Mar 2024 7:45 PM
- classical
One of two surviving Bach passions, the Saint Matthew Passion, which can be considered the zenith of Protestant church music, is often performed today as a purely musical piece, even though it really is an example of applied music at its best, or as Iván Fischer describes it, "a ritual with spiritual content.”
When it was first presented on Good Friday 1727, the work was paused between its ...
Vajdahunyad Castle Summer Music Festival, Until 29 July
- 16 Jul 2021 9:52 AM
- community & culture
For the 29th time in this splendid Renaissance setting, this year until 1 August, music-lovers can enjoy symphony concerts as well as performances by Budapest Bar, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Sabbathsong Klezmer Band, and the Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra.
Sabbathsong Klezmer Band, Vajdahunyad Castle, 22 July
- 8 Jul 2021 8:00 PM
- contemporary
„More than klezmer” - In addition to the well-known Hebrew, Yiddish and klezmer songs, new pieces and world hits will also be performed with pleasant choral sounds.
Vocal, violin, theremin, piano, contrabass, drums in two acts.
Budapest Festival Orchestra Reopens, Season Passes Go On Sale For Next Season
- 11 May 2021 4:02 PM
- community & culture
“We are very much looking forward to being able to play in front of a live audience again,” says BFO music director Iván Fischer, who has once again compiled a diverse program for the upcoming 2021-2022 season, featuring familiar works as well as exciting new pieces.
Online: Liszt-Berlioz Marathon @ Palace Of Arts, 6 February
- 1 Feb 2021 12:48 PM
- https://www.mupa.hu/en
- community & culture
From Mupa: Liszt and Berlioz were not just contemporaries and rivals – two 19th century Romantics – but also friends and brothers-at-arms.