Each year, the King Saint Stephen Music High School Wind Orchestra returns to the stage at Müpa Budapest to present the audience with a varied and colourful programme under the baton of the institution's director, Pál Makovecz.
The prelude to Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde is a masterpiece developed from a single motif - one of the most perfect pieces ever written, it highlights a pivotal episode in the music drama: the moment of tasting the magic potion. The music in György Ránki's opera King Pomádé's New Clothes - and the suite created from it - is, like Ránki's music in general and unlike Wagner's, incredibly eclectic: represented here alongside the numerous operatic elements is the world of film music, c...ombined with the unique features of the genres of jazz and folk music. Dutch composer Johan de Meij composed his T-bone Concerto in 1996 at the request of the Kentucky Music Educators Association, and the premiere of the entire work was held at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in that same year. The title of the piece is a pun: the abbreviation of the word trombone (T-bone) is also the name of a cut of steak. The titles of the movements, accordingly, are the words for the different degrees of doneness for a piece of meat: "Rare", "Medium" and "Well Done". Concluding the programme will be the Cuban-inspired piece Danzón No. 2 by contemporary Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. The work was originally written for full orchestra, with solos for clarinet, oboe, piano, violin, horn, trumpet, flute and piccolo. Thanks to Oliver Nickel's wonderful transcription, the composition rapidly became a favourite at wind orchestra concerts.
Presented by: Szent István Philharmonic
Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
Refreshments – Without the Queue
Thanks to our new catering service at the Átrium Snack Bar, you can forget about waiting in line during intermissions for some refreshments and get your order prepped especially for you by the time the intermission actually starts. Find out more about pre-ordering here.
Safe ticket purchase
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