337 result(s) for literature
An Evening of Liszt & Bartók, Mupa, 24 May
- 24 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
During the first part of their show, the Szent István Philharmonic will perform Ferenc Liszt's late tone poem, From the Cradle to the Grave, a symphonic work with a special atmosphere, as well as his Danse Macabre, one of the most virtuosic works in the literature of the piano concerto.
The solo will be played by Sebestyén Pellet, a graduate of Szent István Király Musical Grammar School and a ...
Ksenia Wallenstein, Ceramic Artist
- 17 May 2021 3:58 PM
Independent ceramic artist born in Russia, Bogorodsk with focus on unique tableware and interior objects. Ksenia works mostly with naked clay bodies and natural colours; her works can be find in restaurants and coffee houses all over the world, in private collections and European museums.
A New Normal For Theatres In Hungary: Swapping The Stage For The Screen
- 1 May 2021 7:10 AM
- community & culture
37 playwrights adapt 37 of Shakespeare’s most iconic scenes to bring drama to our digital screens.
The Operas Of Richard Strauss Conducted By Zoltán Kocsis, Palace Of Arts, 23 April
- 23 Apr 2021 6:00 PM
- classical
Zoltán Kocsis deliberately and methodically set about presenting composers' complete oeuvres. In the course of interpreting the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, he discovered the invaluable masterpieces that Strauss wrote as an opera composer.
This led to his embarking on the massive undertaking of mounting, one after the other and as joint productions between the Hungarian National ...
Werther, Online Stream From Opera House Budapest, 10 April
- 10 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Lyric drama in three parts, four acts in French, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
Goethe dashed out The Sorrows of Young Werther in all of six weeks. The novel, which relates, through a series of letters, the hopeless love of a young poet who chooses death to escape his torments, became an immediate best seller, at a stroke both catapulting its author to fame and launching the ...
'Dialogues Of The Carmelites', Opera Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Serving as the basis for French composer Francis Poulenc's opera was the true story of the martyrs of Compiègne: during the French Revolution, the terreur and the Jacobin dictatorship's antagonism toward the Church resulted in the execution of sixteen Carmelite nuns in Paris on 17 July 1794.
Their hair shorn and singing the Veni Creator Spiritus, the sisters each took their places under the ...
Watch: Goethe's Werther, Streamed From Budapest's Opera House, 10 April
- 3 Apr 2021 9:32 AM
- community & culture
This lyrical drama in French, with Hungarian and English subtitles, has excellent reviews - such as, "János Szikora’s production can be regarded as an embodiment of the principle that “less is more” as he steers Goethe’s story with a sure hand but minimal invention to the end".
Hungarian Opinion: Conflicting Analyses On The Nature Of ‘Orbán Regime’
- 29 Mar 2021 6:32 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A renowned liberal economist believes Hungary is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship, while a conservative philosopher thinks that Prime Minister Orbán is bringing the regime change to completion.
Requiem, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 12 March
- 12 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Although in the last 30 years it was quite unusual for a symphony orchestra to start a concert with works by Bach, 20 years earlier this would not have been surprising at all. With the spread of the historically informed performance movement, modern orchestras 'withdrew' from the Baroque repertoire. Today, however, they are reclaiming this area.
The second half of the Hungarian National ...
An Evening of Liszt & Bartók, Mupa, 24 May
- 24 May 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
During the first part of their show, the Szent István Philharmonic will perform Ferenc Liszt's late tone poem, From the Cradle to the Grave, a symphonic work with a special atmosphere, as well as his Danse Macabre, one of the most virtuosic works in the literature of the piano concerto.
The solo will be played by Sebestyén Pellet, a graduate of Szent István Király Musical Grammar School and a ...
Ksenia Wallenstein, Ceramic Artist
- 17 May 2021 3:58 PM
Independent ceramic artist born in Russia, Bogorodsk with focus on unique tableware and interior objects. Ksenia works mostly with naked clay bodies and natural colours; her works can be find in restaurants and coffee houses all over the world, in private collections and European museums.
A New Normal For Theatres In Hungary: Swapping The Stage For The Screen
- 1 May 2021 7:10 AM
- community & culture
37 playwrights adapt 37 of Shakespeare’s most iconic scenes to bring drama to our digital screens.
The Operas Of Richard Strauss Conducted By Zoltán Kocsis, Palace Of Arts, 23 April
- 23 Apr 2021 6:00 PM
- classical
Zoltán Kocsis deliberately and methodically set about presenting composers' complete oeuvres. In the course of interpreting the symphonic poems of Richard Strauss, he discovered the invaluable masterpieces that Strauss wrote as an opera composer.
This led to his embarking on the massive undertaking of mounting, one after the other and as joint productions between the Hungarian National ...
Werther, Online Stream From Opera House Budapest, 10 April
- 10 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Lyric drama in three parts, four acts in French, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
Goethe dashed out The Sorrows of Young Werther in all of six weeks. The novel, which relates, through a series of letters, the hopeless love of a young poet who chooses death to escape his torments, became an immediate best seller, at a stroke both catapulting its author to fame and launching the ...
'Dialogues Of The Carmelites', Opera Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2021 8:00 PM
- classical
Serving as the basis for French composer Francis Poulenc's opera was the true story of the martyrs of Compiègne: during the French Revolution, the terreur and the Jacobin dictatorship's antagonism toward the Church resulted in the execution of sixteen Carmelite nuns in Paris on 17 July 1794.
Their hair shorn and singing the Veni Creator Spiritus, the sisters each took their places under the ...
Watch: Goethe's Werther, Streamed From Budapest's Opera House, 10 April
- 3 Apr 2021 9:32 AM
- community & culture
This lyrical drama in French, with Hungarian and English subtitles, has excellent reviews - such as, "János Szikora’s production can be regarded as an embodiment of the principle that “less is more” as he steers Goethe’s story with a sure hand but minimal invention to the end".
Hungarian Opinion: Conflicting Analyses On The Nature Of ‘Orbán Regime’
- 29 Mar 2021 6:32 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A renowned liberal economist believes Hungary is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship, while a conservative philosopher thinks that Prime Minister Orbán is bringing the regime change to completion.
Requiem, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 12 March
- 12 Mar 2021 7:30 PM
- classical
Although in the last 30 years it was quite unusual for a symphony orchestra to start a concert with works by Bach, 20 years earlier this would not have been surprising at all. With the spread of the historically informed performance movement, modern orchestras 'withdrew' from the Baroque repertoire. Today, however, they are reclaiming this area.
The second half of the Hungarian National ...