Joint Concert by the Budapest Festival Orchestra
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Joint Concert by the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the European Union Youth Orchestra
Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
- De Falla: La vida breve - first Spanish dance, G. 35/39
- Liszt-Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in D minor
- Iván Fischer: Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra, in Memory of J.S. Bach - Hungarian premiere
- Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
This year's Bridging Europe concert embraces the entire continent, with a Spanish dance followed by a Hungarian rhapsody and then a tribute to Bach, before closing with some Czech music. Joining the BFO to perform Liszt's work on the quintessential instrument of urban Gypsy music, as he did to wow the BBC Proms audience, will be Jenő Lisztes. In Iván Fischer's dance suite, the bridges also span distances to points abroad. In the hands of the Ukrainian violinist Diana Tishchenko, her Stradivari sounds "breathtaking”, producing a "unique tone”. This joint concert with the European Union Youth Orchestra is a brand-new collaborative project of the two ensembles and the opening event of the European Orchestra Academy.
Program and cast
Conductor: Iván Fischer
Featuring:
cimbalom: Jenő Lisztes
violin: Diana Tishchenko
European Union Youth Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.