Our weekly transmissions 11–17 January 2021
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A clear voice sings for itself.
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DEAR VIEWERS, We believe that there are no limits to the Müpa Budapest experience. We would like, even during this extraordinary situation, for our fantastic audience to still be able to encounter the world’s most outstanding and thrilling artists each evening – this time in their own homes. It is precisely for this reason that we have decided to unlock our media library for everyone over the weeks to come and – each night at the familiar times: 7 pm, 7.30 pm or 8 pm, depending on genre – open Müpa Budapest’s virtual concert hall by providing access to many live concerts (although without an audience) or an unforgettable performance from past years, which we’ll transmit on our website, and our YouTube channel. We trust that, in this way, we will be able to make the evenings you are spending at home more pleasant and full of magical and uplifting moments. Take good care, and let’s continue to stick together!
Photo © Gábor Zsugonits
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 7.30 pm
PIANO RECITAL BY MIHÁLY BERECZ MVM CONCERTS – THE PIANO J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 One of the most outstanding individuals of his generation, Mihály Berecz made his début at the age of 16 in 2013, playing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall under the baton of Zoltán Kocsis. This highly successful concert led to numerous other invitations, which have allowed him to collaborate with such conductors as Tamás Vásáry, with whom he performed Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasy at the Hungarian State Opera House, and András Keller, with whom he played Debussy’s Fantasy and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major at the Liszt Academy. In 2020, his superb work as a musician was recognised with the Junior Prima Award. The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.
Photo © Szilvia Csibi
Wednesday, 13 January 2021, 8 pm
COME WITH ME – ROMENGO Romengo: Monika Lakatos – vocals, dance • Mihály ‚Mazsi’ Rostás – vocals, guitars, oral bass • Misi Kovács – violin • János ‚Guszti’ Lakatos – oral bass, milk can, dance • Tibor ‚Tibi’ Balogh – tub, cajón, oral bass, dance Guests: Szilvia Bognár, Bea Palya – vocals • Mihály Dresch – wind instruments, Csaba Novák – double bass • Miklós Lukács – cimbalom • Brájen Balogh – vocals, dance • Jázmin Balog, Ildikó Balogh, Pákó Horváth, Krisztián Kovács – dance Recognised as one of the of the leading international luminaries in world music when she received this year’s WOMEX Lifetime Achievement Award, Monika Lakatos has performed most of her concerts in recent months with her solo projects Romanino and Gypsy Voices. On this occasion, however, she will be performing alongside the band she has been singing with since 2004: the extraordinary Romengo. The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.
Photo © András Farkas
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 7.30 pm
PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION Schütz: An den Wassern zu Babel, SWV 37 • Hammerschmidt: Ach Jesus stirbt • J. M. Bach: Nun hab ich überwunden • Schubert: Gebet, D. 815 • Schubert: Gott im Ungewitter, D. 985 • Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 31 – excerpts • Márton Levente Horváth: O salutaris hostia • Miklós Csermiczky: Pater Noster • György Orbán: Genevan Psalm No. 90 • György Orbán: Genevan Psalm No. 150 Featuring: Dóra Bizják – piano • the artists of the Hungarian National Choir ‚Nun hab ich überwunden” – these are the words with which Johann Michael Bach, a 17th-century member of the great family of composers, commenced his motet: ‚Now I have overcome.’ ‚Overcome what?’ one might ask. The text itself answers the question: ‚grief, fear and woe.’ The members of the Hungarian National Choir are singing this work to give us all a bit of reassurance at this concert featuring a programme that ranges from Baroque works to the 21st century. Joining the choir in front of the cameras and microphones of the Müpa Home programme will be their permanent partner, pianist Dóra Bizják. What they are undertaking is an exciting test of artistic self-sufficiency. The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.
Csaba Ajtony • Photo © Olivér Sin
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7.30 pm
TRANSPARENT SOUND NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL
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CONCERT BY THE MIKAMO CENTRAL EUROPEAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Schubert–Ivan Buffa: Rosamunde – Entr’act No. 1 – première • Schubert–Abigél Varga: Rosamunde – Entr’act No. 2 – première • Schubert–Mathias Johannes Schmidhammer: Rosamunde – Entr’act No. 3 – première • Mirela Ivičević: Baby Magnify / Lilith’s New Toy (2018) • Enescu: Symphonie de Chambre Op. 33 • Virág Anna Virág: Therapy of a Bipolar Bear (prize-winning piece from Müpa Budapest’s composition competition) – première • Márton Illés: Ljubljana drawings (commissioned by the Sonus Foundation with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation) – première • Alexander Schubert: Hello (2014) Artistic director, conductor: Ajtony Csaba In the 150 years from Franz to Alexander Schubert, our concept of song has changed dramatically; Franz Schubert wrote songs for singers, while Alexader Schubert composes works using artificial intelligence. The MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra, established in Vienna, considers every concerts to be a Gesamtkunstwerk and – while collaborating with living composers – promotes 20th-century Central European musical heritage and the part of the historical repertoire that shapes the music of the present. The concert is a co-production of the Transparent Sound Festival and the Sonus Foundation, with support from the National Cooperation Fund. The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.
PREVIEW
Viewers’ favourites from Müpa Budapest’s media library – now with no registration required!
BALLET PÉCS / DUBROVAY: FAUST, THE DAMNED 22 April 2016
FÉLIX LAJKÓ
SYMPHONIC SERENADE 2017. február 14.
ST. THOMAS BOYS’ CHOIR OF LEIPZIG 14 March 2017
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