Our weekly transmissions 3–10 May 2021
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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!
Karen Kamensek
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 7.30 pm
‘ARANJUEZ CONCERTO’ Debussy: Petite suite (arranged for orchestra by Henri Büsser) • Rodrigo: Aranjuez concerto • Bizet: Symphony in C major Featuring: András Csáki – guitar • Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Karen Kamensek Three works, three bits of magic – and all of them different! The French Impressionist composer’s Petite suite is a gallant evocation of the past, while the Spaniard’s guitar concerto invites us on a journey to exotic Iberian lands and the symphony by the future composer of Carmen – written over a short period when he was an adolescent – whisks us off to a world of uninhibitedly liberated experimentation with sound and youthful abandon with irresistible naturalness. The collaboration between the popular Hungarian guitarist and the noted American conductor promises to make for an exceptional event! We’re broadcasting this performance live! The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.
Photo © Szilvia Csibi, Müpa Budapest
Monday, 10 May 2021, 7.30 pm
ISTVÁN VÁRDAI AND THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Schumann: Manfred Overture, Op. 115 • Dvořák: Klid (Silent Woods) – for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 • Dvořák: Rondo in G minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 94 • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – prelude • Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 – first and second movements • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – prelude to Act 3 • Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 – third and fourth movements • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – Isolde’s Liebestod (concert version) István Várdai – cello • Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing The modern accepted principles for structuring concert programmes were developed in the second half of the 20th century. Prior to that, a more liberal logic for planning concerts prevailed. It used to be common to play just one or two movements from longer works or to embellish a lengthy work by inserting excerpts from another piece in the middle and then resuming the original music as though nothing had happened. In Beethoven’s time, exciting new ‚compositions’ were created in this way. This concert will resurrect this former practice by juxtaposing the music of Wagner and Elgar with each other. We’re broadcasting this performance live! 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!
TOMMY EMMANUEL 17 April 2014
LAHTI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2 December 2009
WAGNER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES – CAMILLA NYLUND SONG RECITAL 15 June 2018
A clear voice sings for itself.
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