Müpa Home Weekly (18-24 January 2021)

Our weekly transmissions 18–24 January 2021

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DEAR VIEWERS, We believe that there are no limits to the Müpa Budapest experience. We would like, even during this extraordinary situation, for our fantastic audience to still be able to encounter the world’s most outstanding and thrilling artists each evening – this time in their own homes. It is precisely for this reason that we have decided to unlock our media library for everyone over the weeks to come and – each night at the familiar times: 7 pm, 7.30 pm or 8 pm, depending on genre – open Müpa Budapest’s virtual concert hall by providing access to many live concerts (although without an audience) or an unforgettable performance from past years, which we’ll transmit on our website, and our YouTube channel.

We trust that, in this way, we will be able to make the evenings you are spending at home more pleasant and full of magical and uplifting moments.

Take good care, and let’s continue to stick together!

Photo © Deyan Parouchev

Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7.30 pm

OLIVIER LATRY, ORGANIST OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS J. S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 – Ricercar a 6 • J. S. Bach–Widor: Memento Bach – Marche du Veilleur de nuit • Liszt–Guillou: Prelude and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H (syncretic version) • Barié: Organ Symphony – Intermezzo • Vierne: Organ Symphony No 1 in D minor, Op. 14 – Andante; Final • Dupré: Variations sur un Noël, Op. 20 • Olivier Latry: Improvisation An artist who enjoys a special relationship with Müpa Budapest: we had the chance to hear Oliver Latry at the inauguration of the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall’s now world-famous organ, and he was also an artist to experience when he participated in the events organised around the tenth anniversary of the institution’s existence. The French organist lives a busy life, performing around 300 concerts a year. At his January concert, he will be treating the Budapest audience to a special programme.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.

Photo © Gábor Bátori Sinco

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 8 pm

LÁZÁR BROTHERS: HULLÁMTÖRÉS (BREAKING THE WAVES) ALBUM RELEASE CONCERT

Ágoston Lázár, Domokos Lázár – guitar, vocals Featuring: Márk Csernovszky – piano, metallophone Janka Porkoláb, Áron Rátkay – cello The two brothers, known for their performances in the bands Esti Kornél and Pegazusok Nem Léteznek, first partnered up in 1992 when Ágoston came into the world, three years after Domokos. They would never have guessed, of course, that they would later take to the stage together as the Lázár Brothers. Hullámtörés (Breaking the Waves), their first album of melancholy, acoustic and minimally orchestrated songs, was released in the autumn of 2020. This evening will be their only album release concert in Budapest. It promises to be an intimate, familial, brotherly and serious-minded concert.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.

Friday, 22 January 2021, 7.30 pm

DAY OF HUNGARIAN CULTURE PANNON PHILHARMONIC

Veress: Threnos (in memoriam Béla Bartók) • Bartók: Divertimento, Sz. 113, BB 118 • Zoltán Bánfalvi: Capriccio – for solo cello and symphonic orchestra • Kodály: Dances of Galánta Featuring: Tibor Bogányi – cello • Conductor: Gilbert Varga Presenter: Dávid Zsoldos On 22 January 1823, Ferenc Kölcsey finished penning the words to the Himnusz – the Hungarian national anthem – in the village of Szatmárcseke. In memory of this event, we celebrate the Day of Hungarian Culture each year on this date. And just as on that gloomy winter day cut off from the world in the country manor house east of the River Tisza, Kölcsey’s pen pondered the stormy centuries of the Hungarian people, we too reflect time and again on the bright and sad days alike of our our own culture, and we perhaps associate all this with the passing of winter and the idea of the renewal of hope.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.

Antal Mátyás

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 7.30 pm

SZENT ISTVÁN PHILHARMONIC Mozart: Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477 • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 •Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Featuring: Apolka Bonnyai – piano • Szent István Philharmonic Conductor: Mátyás Antal Mozart’s ‚Masonic Funeral Music’ is a short and slow piece with a solemn atmosphere. Its core is a Gregorian melody, which might seem like a strange idea, as it is well known that the freemasonry movement was at sharp odds with the Catholic church. The composer was 26 years when he composed this A major piano concerto, and his days were filled with optimism and happiness, making the piece sparkle with sunshine. Although Brahms wrote his Third Symphony in the home key of F major, minor key characters also emerge into the foreground, thus offering, after Mozart’s concerto, a powerful contrast with its sense of drama.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.

Though the 14th Jazz Showcase talent exchange is seeking to break out from the shadow of the pandemic, it will also adapt to the situation. Instead of the usual live concerts, you can enjoy a broadcast of the show – featuring performances from six youthful groups at the Festival Theatre on 24 January – on the Müpa Budapest website and YouTube channel. The Showcase host will once again be Péter Novák, who will help us get to know the character of the performers. The international jury of illustrious personalities will once again select what they consider to be the most exciting and extraordinary group, The viewers can this year too, from 2 pm on 24 January 2021 vote for the youthful talents.

Host: Péter Novák The performances will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 2 pm

SÁMUEL BALÓ TRIÓ Sámuel Baló Trio: Piano: Sámuel Baló • Double bass: Márk Miskolczi Drums: Ambrus Richter Recording date: 18 January 2021

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 3 pm

BETTIKA QUINTET Bettika Bakos – vocals • Dominik Kosztolánszki – tenor saxo­phone • Zoltán Dévényi – guitar • József Mayer – double bass • Ambrus Richter – drums Recording date: 17 January 2021

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 4 pm

ALBERT HORVÁTH QUARTET Albert Horváth – piano • Miklós Mackó – guitar • Gábor Pál – bass guitar Benjámin Centgraf – drums Recording date: 18 January 2021

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 5 pm

FÁBIÓ FEHÉR TRIO Fábió Fehér Trio: Fábió Fehér – guitar • Tamás Berki – bass guitar Tamás Fazekas – drums Recording date: 17 January 2021

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 6 pm

TAMÁS BOLYKI QUARTET Tamás Bolyki Quartet: Tamás Bolyki – guitar • Norbert Bejan – piano István Siklai – bass guitar • Adonisz Fábry – drums Recording date: 18 January 2021

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 7 pm

DÁVID VARGA QUINTET Dávid Varga Quintet: Dávid Varga – vocals • Kálmán Oláh Jr. – saxophone Zsolt Farkas – piano • Adrián Szajkó - double bass • András Márkosi – drums Recording date: 17 January 2021

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 8 pm

SUBTONES: FRESH JAZZ-FUNK Subtones: Gábor Subicz – trumpet • Vera Jónás, Flóra Kiss – vocals Dávid Benkő – guitar • Zsolt Csókás – keyboard instruments • Tibor Fonay – bass guitar • László Csízi – drums • Dávid Szarvas – percussion instruments, beatbox Special guest: Miklós Lukács – cimbalom The Octopus will grab you! As proof, just take a listen to the new album from the Subtones, led by Gábor Subicz. Their 21st century jazz-funk is even more vibrant in concert, while the band is increasingly popular on the Hungarian groove and jazz music scene. The formerly instrumental group now perform in concert with additional vocalists and a beatbox magician. For this event, they will also have a special guest, the cimbalom player Miklós Lukács, so we can expect the flow of the music to take some unexpected turns.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.

PREVIEW

Viewers’ favourites from Müpa Budapest’s media library – now with no registration required!

HAYDN: THE CREATION 1 January 2017

THE LIFE OF MÖRK 18 June 2019

FÉLIX LAJKÓ

SYMPHONIC SERENADE 2017. február 14.

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