Concert Budapest Festival Orchestra World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera - Mariinsky II (New Theatre)
Schedule for Budapest Festival Orchestra 2022
Composer: Igor Stravinsky Composer: Antonin Dvorak Composer: Ferencz Liszt
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
PERFORMERS: Soloist: Daniil Kharitonov (piano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra Conductor: Iván Fischer
PROGRAMME: Igor Stravinsky Jeu de cartes, music
from the ballet
Franz Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
ABOUT THE CONCERT
Dvořák was already famous by the time he had written his Eighth Symphony. His
music enjoyed great success, he himself appeared as a conductor both in Bohemia
and beyond (including in Russia), and he was offered a professorship at the
Prague Conservatoire. He composed a great deal; along with the Eighth Symphony
came the opera The Jacobin, the Piano Quintet in A Major and the Requiem. Dvořák
composed the symphony very quickly – it took him just over two months. If in the
preceding Seventh Symphony dramatic moods are uppermost then the music of the
Eighth has a lyrical character. Doubtless the composer was inspired by scenes of
nature and Czech national melodies. The interpretation of the form in the
first movement is unique. For the first time with the composer the slow
introduction plays a significant role – thematically it is developed and
independent (this idea was developed in the Ninth Symphony). The theme of the
introduction serves as a border between the different sections of the form,
appearing both before the dramatic development and – during the culmination –
before the reprise. The start of the main role comes with the “birdlike” motif
of the flute, while the secondary theme resembles a march adorned in melancholy
hues. The second movement is a truly romantic Adagio in which different episodes
follow one after another, contrasting in character but united by the initial
growing motif of four notes. The place of the typical scherzo in the third
movement is surrendered to a melancholy waltz which reminds us of intermezzos
from symphonies by Brahms with whom Dvořák had long been friends. The middle
section is constructed on a theme borrowed by Dvořák from his own one-act comic
opera The Stubborn Lovers. This is also where the coda comes from, unexpectedly
breaking into the flowing movement of the waltz with a two-time dance in the
folk style. The finale is heralded by a fanfare signal from the trumpets
followed by a theme and variations. This form refers back to Brahms and the
finale of his Fourth Symphony, although – unlike the latter – the finale of
Dvořák’s symphony is adorned in light and life-affirming tones. Vladimir
Khavrov
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
Might be the best orchestra in the world. New York Times
The Budapest Festival Orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán
Kocsis. The orchestra’s concerts include Dancing on the Square, one of the
orchestra’s priority projects, which is as much about communal creativity,
tolerance and equal opportunities as it is about music and dance. The
Autism-friendly Cocoa Concerts are another of the orchestra’s major initiatives,
providing a safe environment for children living with autism and their families
alike. The orchestra has won two Gramophone Awards, the ‘Oscars of classical
music’, and has also been nominated for a Grammy. International concerts and
successes aside, the orchestra’s driving mission is to serve our home audience.
Music aficionados have over seventy chances to meet the orchestra every season,
be it in concert halls or at our rehearsal hall. What is more, the orchestra is
making ever more frequent appearances at alternative venues – in nursing homes,
abandoned synagogues, hospitals, child care institutions, prisons and
schools.
Schedule for Budapest Festival Orchestra 2022
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