40 result(s) for stravinsky
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Program In Upcoming Months
- 3 Mar 2016 5:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Opera, has a history stretching back more than a century and a half, and as so is Hungary’s oldest functioning orchestra. As in previous years, the aim of the ensemble this season is nothing less than to retain its rank among the top concert orchestras in Hungary, capitalising on the special and unique musical skills gained from performing ...
Now On: Bartók The Folklorist, Museum Of Music History
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Bartók Archives presents rarely shown original documents, compositional and scholarly manuscripts, letters, photos form the Hungarian Bartók Estate and some little known documents from the Kodály Archives, to give a rare insight into this exceptional musical life and work.
Faust Festival @ Opera House, On Until 31 May
- 14 May 2015 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Similar to 2014 when the Strauss150 Festival crowned our local Opera House's 130th season, the forthcoming Faust225 Festival aims to present 'the most concentrated event of this season', on the 225th anniversary of the first publication of Goethe’s Faust – A Fragment. Five brilliant pieces built on the topic of Faust can be heard, among them the premiere of Gounod’s opera and the Hungarian ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Possibly The Best Orchestra In The World
- 5 Feb 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
“After Symphony No. 1 by Brahms, the audience broke into rapturous applause as if they were at a rock concert. I’ve already played in front of an enthusiastic audience, but I haven’t experienced anything like that before. Is this when you hear people say that it was good to be Hungarian? Good to be a musician? Yes.” (Balázs Bujtor, violinist of the Festival Orchestra)
Szeged Contemporary Ballet, Palace Of Arts, 22 September
- 22 Sep 2014 9:03 AM
- community & culture
Mimicry - To blend in, assimilate or disappear - for defence or in order to capture prey. In the course of evolution, numerous forms of mimicry have developed as a means of integrating into the surroundings in a deceptive way. Human beings retain the ability to mimic within their psyche, to entirely reshape their personality or to blend in with others through play-acting. The goal is to survive, ...
Moscow Classical Ballet: Margaret Island Budapest, 27 June
- 17 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Stravinsky wrote three works, which established his international reputation that were commissioned by impresario Diaghilev who was working in exile in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Ballet premiered Nijinsky’s choreography of The Rite of Spring in 1913, which caused a huge scandal.
National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 24 March
- 23 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“The world is what it is, it will not be better or more attractive, it will not adjust itself to our beautiful dreams"-and this is painful." This could be a somewhat malicious summary of the world-weariness of early Romanticism, whose greatest bard was Lord Byron, a man of adventure. One of his most inspiring characters is Manfred, who is weighed down by a guilt whose origins are lost in the ...
Opening Concert Of Budapest Spring Festival, Palace of Arts, 21 March
- 17 Mar 2014 8:10 AM
- community & culture
This is not the first time the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company have been featured at the Spring Festival, or have performed with a symphonic orchestra. Following their cooperation with the Hungarian National Philharmonic for a production of The Wooden Prince, with choreography by Tamás Juronics, the company now appear with the Pannon Philharmonic.
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Program In Upcoming Months
- 3 Mar 2016 5:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Opera, has a history stretching back more than a century and a half, and as so is Hungary’s oldest functioning orchestra. As in previous years, the aim of the ensemble this season is nothing less than to retain its rank among the top concert orchestras in Hungary, capitalising on the special and unique musical skills gained from performing ...
Now On: Bartók The Folklorist, Museum Of Music History
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Bartók Archives presents rarely shown original documents, compositional and scholarly manuscripts, letters, photos form the Hungarian Bartók Estate and some little known documents from the Kodály Archives, to give a rare insight into this exceptional musical life and work.
Faust Festival @ Opera House, On Until 31 May
- 14 May 2015 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Similar to 2014 when the Strauss150 Festival crowned our local Opera House's 130th season, the forthcoming Faust225 Festival aims to present 'the most concentrated event of this season', on the 225th anniversary of the first publication of Goethe’s Faust – A Fragment. Five brilliant pieces built on the topic of Faust can be heard, among them the premiere of Gounod’s opera and the Hungarian ...
Budapest Festival Orchestra - Possibly The Best Orchestra In The World
- 5 Feb 2015 2:30 AM
- community & culture
“After Symphony No. 1 by Brahms, the audience broke into rapturous applause as if they were at a rock concert. I’ve already played in front of an enthusiastic audience, but I haven’t experienced anything like that before. Is this when you hear people say that it was good to be Hungarian? Good to be a musician? Yes.” (Balázs Bujtor, violinist of the Festival Orchestra)
Szeged Contemporary Ballet, Palace Of Arts, 22 September
- 22 Sep 2014 9:03 AM
- community & culture
Mimicry - To blend in, assimilate or disappear - for defence or in order to capture prey. In the course of evolution, numerous forms of mimicry have developed as a means of integrating into the surroundings in a deceptive way. Human beings retain the ability to mimic within their psyche, to entirely reshape their personality or to blend in with others through play-acting. The goal is to survive, ...
Moscow Classical Ballet: Margaret Island Budapest, 27 June
- 17 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Stravinsky wrote three works, which established his international reputation that were commissioned by impresario Diaghilev who was working in exile in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. The Russian Ballet premiered Nijinsky’s choreography of The Rite of Spring in 1913, which caused a huge scandal.
National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 24 March
- 23 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“The world is what it is, it will not be better or more attractive, it will not adjust itself to our beautiful dreams"-and this is painful." This could be a somewhat malicious summary of the world-weariness of early Romanticism, whose greatest bard was Lord Byron, a man of adventure. One of his most inspiring characters is Manfred, who is weighed down by a guilt whose origins are lost in the ...
Opening Concert Of Budapest Spring Festival, Palace of Arts, 21 March
- 17 Mar 2014 8:10 AM
- community & culture
This is not the first time the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company have been featured at the Spring Festival, or have performed with a symphonic orchestra. Following their cooperation with the Hungarian National Philharmonic for a production of The Wooden Prince, with choreography by Tamás Juronics, the company now appear with the Pannon Philharmonic.
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...