The Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Palace of Arts – under the artistic direction of Iván Fischer – jointly created an initiative in 2008 to give a series of concerts from early morning until late evening on a weekend day in February. Each year, they present the best of a given composer’s life’s work in a bid to demonstrate each of their many facets. In previous years, audiences have been invited to familiarise themselves more closely with the oeuvre of Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Beethoven and Sch...ubert. In 2012, they will hear the symphonic works, chamber music and choral compositions of Mozart in the concert halls and other spaces of the Palace of Arts. These concerts, featuring a selection of both popular and rarely heard examples of his life’s work, will be complemented by video screenings of now legendary or highly successful productions involving world-famous performers. Each symphonic work will be played by a different Hungarian orchestra, closing with a performance of the Requiem by the resident Festival Orchestra. Of the concerts to be held in the Festival Theatre, a piano recital by the extraordinary Ferenc Rados is worth highlighting. Audiences will also be able to hear the young Wolfgang’s first opera, composed at the tender age of twelve, as well as more mature works performed by leading Hungarian chamber ensembles. In addition, all areas of the Palace of Arts will be filled with the sound of Mozart’s arias, concertos, symphonies and chamber music. CONCERTS 10.30 am Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Mozart: Non temer, amato bene – concert aria, K. 490 Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 Sébastian Droy – tenor, Alexei Lubimov – piano, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster: János Rolla Ticketing 11.30 am Festival Theatre Mozart: Sonata in F major, K.377 Mozart: Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 Vilmos Szabadi – violin, Mária Kovalszki – piano Sold out 12.30 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Mozart: Horn Concerto in E-flat major, K. 447 Mozart: Symphony in G minor, K. 550 Zoltán Szőke – horn, MÁV Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy Ticketing 1.30 pm Festival Theatre Mozart: Bastien und Bastienne – opera, K. 50 Andrea Csereklyei – soprano, Donát Varga – tenor, Kornél Mikecz – baritone, Lux Aeterna – Budapest Bach Consort (artistic director: Augusztin Szokos) Director and conductor: György Philipp Sold out 3 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Mozart: Divertimento in F major, K. 138 Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major, K. 364 Barnabás Kelemen – violin, Katalin Kokas – viola, Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra Artistic directors: Béla Bánfalvi and Károly Botvay Ticketing 4 pm Festival Theatre Mozart: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516 Featuring: members of the Eckhardt String Quartet (Violetta Eckhardt – violin, Gábor Sipos, Cecília Bodolai – viola, Rita Sovány – cello), Csaba Czenke – violin Sold out 5 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Mozart: The Magic Flute – overture, K. 620 Mozart: Symphony in C major (“Jupiter”), K. 551 Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra Conductor: János Kovács Sold out 6 pm Festival Theatre Mozart: Flute Quartet in D major, K. 285 Mozart: String Quartet in D major, K. 575 Gabriella Pivon – flute, Pulzus String Quartet (János Pilz – violin, Eszter Lesták-Bedő – violin, István Rajncsák – viola, Kousay Mahdi – cello) Sold out 7 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te – concert aria, K. 505 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 Eszter Wierdl – soprano, Ákos Ács – clarinet, Pannon Philharmonic – Pécs Conductor: András Vass Ticketing 8 pm Festival Theatre Mozart: Variations on an Aria by Gluck (“Unser dummer Pöbel meint”), K. 455 Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K. 511 Mozart: Rondo in F major, K. 494 Ferenc Rados – piano Sold out 9 pm Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 Beatrix Fodor – soprano, Viktória Mester – mezzo-soprano, Sébastien Droy – tenor, István Kovács – bass, Saint Ephraim Male Choir (artistic director: Tamás Bubnó), Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis (artistic director: János Mezei), Budapest Festival Orchestra Conductor: Iván Fischer Sold out VIDEO SCREENINGS Lecture Hall 11.30 am Mozart: Concert arias (Voi avete un cor fedele, K. 217; Vado, ma dove? Oh Dei, K. 583; Giunse alfin il momento – Al desio di chi t’adora, K. 577; Un moto di gioia mi sento, K. 579; Bella mia fiamma, addio, K. 528) Recording from the Styriarte Festival in Graz, July 2001 Cecilia Bartoli – mezzo-soprano, Concentus Musicus Wien Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt 12.30 pm Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K. 466 Recording from the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, May 2008 András Schiff – piano, Cappella Andrea Barca 1.30 pm Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 588 Recording from the Salzburg Festival, 1954 Don Giovanni: Cesare Siepi, Leporello: Otto Edelmann, Donna Anna: Elisabeth Grümmer, Don Ottavio: Anton Dermota, Donna Elvira: Lisa della Casa, Il Commendatore: Dezső Ernster, Zerlina: Erna Berger, Masetto: Walter Berry Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler Director: Herbert Graf 5 pm Mozart: Symphony in D major (“Prague”), K. 504 Recording from the Styriarte Festival in Graz, July 2001 Concentus Musicus Wien Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt 6 pm Mozart: The Magic Flute, K. 620 Performance of the Salzburg Marionette Theatre Sarastro: Josef Greindl, Queen of the Night: Rita Streich, Pamina: Maria Stader, Tamino: Ernst Häfliger, Papageno: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Papagena: Lisa Otto Berlin RIAS Orchestra and Choir Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay Marionette designer: Josef Magnus Director: Géza Rech 8 pm Mozart: Violin Concerto in A major, K. 219 (29’) Recording from 1966 Yehudi Menuhin – violin, Vienna Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot Presented by: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Palace of Arts
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