Our weekly transmissions 11-17 May 2020
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Dear viewers, 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 – in the safety of their own homes. We believe that there are no limits to the "Müpa Budapest experience", which is why we 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 an unforgettable performance from past years, which we'll transmit on our website, our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. What is more, as a member of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) and in the spirit of international solidarity, we will also be streaming concerts on our Facebook page from different prestigious concert halls around Europe, from Lisbon and Hamburg to London – trusting that this will make evenings at home more pleasant. Take good care, and let's continue to stick together!
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam / 11 May 2020, Monday, 8.30 pm
Featuring: Concertgebouworkest• Conductor: Iván Fischer
R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben – symphonic poem, Op. 40 Konzerthaus Dortmund / 12 May 2020, Tuesday, 8.00 pm
Featuring: Mahler Chamber Orchestra • Conductor: Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn 13 May 2020, Wednesday, 8.00 pm
Featuring: Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn – banjo, vocals Hungarian audiences might understandably wonder why the man regarded by many as the world's greatest banjo player happens to be called Béla. Naturally, he's named after the composer Bartók, whom Béla Fleck's parents revered enormously. Yet Béla himself would not grow up to be a classical musician. He first learned guitar, until he heard the banjo play of Earl Scruggs and fireworks were lit in his head. For some years now Fleck performed increasingly often in concert with fellow banjo player Abigail Washburn. As one might expect from a husband and wife pairing, the two are perfectly attuned, both having a deep respect and understanding for the music of the Appalachian Mountains. This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 8 November 2015.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Elbphilharmonie Hamburg / 14 May 2020, Thursday, 8.00 pm
Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea 15 May 2020, Friday, 7.30 pm
Fortuna / Poppea: Emőke Baráth • Nero: Viktória Vizin • Virtue / Octavia: Hagar Sharvit • Otho: Matthew Shaw • Arnalta: Jeffrey Thompson • Seneca: Miklós Sebestyén • Drusilla: Nóra Tatai • Amore: Ágnes Pintér (voice), Beáta Egyed (dance) Pallas / Damigella: Eszter Zemlényi • Valletto: Anna Molnár • First Soldier: Péter Mészáros • Second Soldier / Libertius: László Kálmán • Mercury: Domonkos Blazsó A Lictor: Ákos Borka • Choir of Lovers: Ágnes Pintér, Nóra Tatai, Eszter Zemlényi, Anna Molnár • Seneca’s pupils: Péter Mészáros, Viktor Korbász, Ákos Borka Consuls and tribunes: László Kálmán, Viktor Korbász, Péter Mészáros, Domonkos Blazsó, Ákos Borka Featuring: Orfeo Orchestra • Director: Zsófia Geréb • Assistant director: Anna Szélinger • Sets, costumes, projection design: Virág Pázmány Choreographer: Attila Soós • Conductor, artistic director: György Vashegyi The series of Baroque operas with the Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra, led by conductor György Vashegyi, arrived at another important juncture in 2015. Monteverdi's last work for the stage, L'Incoronazione di Poppea is unusual in that its composer, aged 75 at the time of its writing in 1642, took the bold and innovative step of bringing true historical events to the stage for the first time in the history of opera – doing away with the customary reliance on classical mythology. The story of Seneca, Drusilla, the cheated Empress Octavia, Nero and his lover Poppea is risqué and immoral: the evil triumph, while the virtuous suffer. This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 26 November 2015.
Dezső Ránki and Concerto Budapest 16 May 2020, Saturday, 7.30 pm
Conductor: András Keller Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major • Haydn: Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11 • Dukay: Sacrificial Music to the Setting Sun – twelfth variation •Haydn: Symphony in D major (“Hornsignal”), Hob. I:31 Dezső Ránki, who has been spoiling the Hungarian public for four decades with his world-class playing and been chosen by the Müpa Budapest as their Artist of the Season more than five years ago, plays works by a composer particularly close to his heart: Joseph Haydn. For this concert, he will be accompanied by Concerto Budapest, an orchestra he has performed with on numerous occasions, conducted by his long-term musical collaborator András Keller. This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 8 February 2015.
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