Katalin Károlyi was the weak link at the latest concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is primarily surprising because audiences generally react better to concert pieces featuring a human voice. The orchestra's concert otherwise comprised of rarities: Stravinsky, a barely known Bartók (Four Orchestral Pieces), Rachmaninov orchestrated by Respighi, all things to alarm audiences. […]
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Katalin Károlyi was the weak link at the latest concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is primarily surprising because audiences generally react better to concert pieces featuring a human voice. The orchestra's concert otherwise comprised of rarities: Stravinsky, a barely known Bartók (Four Orchestral Pieces), Rachmaninov orchestrated by Respighi, all things to alarm audiences. […]
Concert – National Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean-Yves Thibaudet
French pianist JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET was the evening's soloist as the NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA gave its final performance of this year's concert season. As so often, the guest artist performed a piece from his own national repertoire: one of the most effective and welcome works of the concerto literature, Ravel's Concerto in G major. I liked […]
Who will fill the National Concert Hall and how?
Conversation with Zoltán Kocsis and Géza Kovács Zoltán Kocsis, general music director of the National Philharmonic Orchestra is one of a number of musicians who for many years have been urging the building of a new Budapest concert hall. Do you think then, that the National Concert hall, which is presently under construction as part […]
Katalin Károlyi was the weak link at the latest concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is primarily surprising because audiences generally react better to concert pieces featuring a human voice. The orchestra's concert otherwise comprised of rarities: Stravinsky, a barely known Bartók (Four Orchestral Pieces), Rachmaninov orchestrated by Respighi, all things to alarm audiences. […]
The National Philharmonic Orchestra performs Bartók's Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs in a transcription by Zoltán Kocsis. On Thursday, the National Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Bartók's Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs, conducted by Zoltán Kocsis who has also orchestrated some of them. Two questions immediately strike the average music lover: what is this work? And why does it […]
Debussy and Ravel compositions in orchestrations by Zoltán Kocsis
Júlia Hajnóczy (soprano), National Philharmonic OrchestraConductor: Zoltán KocsisHungaroton Classic If anybody is, then Zoltán Kocsis is truly a musical artist in the Renaissance sense: he explores ever greater areas of his profession, and takes possession of new realms. Initially, we looked on with incomprehension, asking why as a pianist of genius, he did not devote […]
Orchestrations
Although Zoltán Kocsis began his musical career as a pianist while still quite young, in recent years he has appeared before the public more often as the conductor of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra than as a piano recitalist. It is perhaps not surprising that his latest musical endeavor has been joining his intimate knowledge […]
Tastes and lapses
Two concerts at the Music AcademyThe National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zoltán Kocsis implemented a significant widening of repertoire in their concert of April 27th. They performed almost entirely rarities; furthermore this programme had a concept, an arch, if you like. But we have long been used to Kocsis possessing superb taste and he always […]
Károly and Károlyi
Katalin Károlyi was the weak link at the latest concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, which is primarily surprising because audiences generally react better to concert pieces featuring a human voice. The orchestra's concert otherwise comprised of rarities: Stravinsky, a barely known Bartók (Four Orchestral Pieces), Rachmaninov orchestrated by Respighi, all things to alarm audiences. […]