Two Budapest orchestras launched their 2005/6 concert seasons with success, opening with concerts to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Béla Bartók's death. The Hungarian National Philharmonic takes the cake for the best kickoff with its performance of Bartók's The Wooden Prince on September 23, with maestro Zoltán Kocsis conducting. With the orchestra sunk down into […]
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Pluck puppets and sax success
Two Budapest orchestras launched their 2005/6 concert seasons with success, opening with concerts to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Béla Bartók's death. The Hungarian National Philharmonic takes the cake for the best kickoff with its performance of Bartók's The Wooden Prince on September 23, with maestro Zoltán Kocsis conducting. With the orchestra sunk down into […]
Over the last fortnight, I attended two highly successful concerts by the National Philharmonic Orchestra at the Palace of Arts: Zoltán Kocsis conducted four Bartók pieces, while Zoltán Peskó conducted Mahler's Seventh Symphony. Both evenings were unique events: Bartók's Wooden Prince was brought to life with marionettes, while Mahler's symphony was a real treat. The […]
Two Budapest orchestras launched their 2005/6 concert seasons with success, opening with concerts to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Béla Bartók's death. The Hungarian National Philharmonic takes the cake for the best kickoff with its performance of Bartók's The Wooden Prince on September 23, with maestro Zoltán Kocsis conducting. With the orchestra sunk down into […]
Two evenings with the National Philharmonic Orchestra
Over the last fortnight, I attended two highly successful concerts by the National Philharmonic Orchestra at the Palace of Arts: Zoltán Kocsis conducted four Bartók pieces, while Zoltán Peskó conducted Mahler's Seventh Symphony. Both evenings were unique events: Bartók's Wooden Prince was brought to life with marionettes, while Mahler's symphony was a real treat. The […]
April 22 and 24, 2005I went to two superb concerts last weekend, concerts which perhaps would have deserved greater attention than they received. The musicians of the National Philharmonic Orchestra gave a chamber music concerts and a concerts for children. Sadly I was only able to attend the final event of the three concert series […]
April 22 and 24, 2005I went to two superb concerts last weekend, concerts which perhaps would have deserved greater attention than they received. The musicians of the National Philharmonic Orchestra gave a chamber music concerts and a concerts for children. Sadly I was only able to attend the final event of the three concert series […]
Opening Concert of the National Concert Hall “Finally, that which the Budapest concert going audience has been expecting for all these years has come to pass, and also that which we musicians have longed for too: on the evening of January 8th 2005 the first notes were heard in the National Concert Hall of the […]
April 22 and 24, 2005I went to two superb concerts last weekend, concerts which perhaps would have deserved greater attention than they received. The musicians of the National Philharmonic Orchestra gave a chamber music concerts and a concerts for children. Sadly I was only able to attend the final event of the three concert series […]
April 22 and 24, 2005I went to two superb concerts last weekend, concerts which perhaps would have deserved greater attention than they received. The musicians of the National Philharmonic Orchestra gave a chamber music concerts and a concerts for children. Sadly I was only able to attend the final event of the three concert series […]