Müpa Home Weekly (30 March - 5 April 2020)

Our weekly transmissions 30 March 2020 – 05 April 2020

The experience unites!

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Dear viewers, 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 – no in the safety of their own homes. We believe that the Müpa Budapest experience is one without borders or restrictions, which is why we decided to welcome our viewers Müpa Budapest's media archive – at the familiar starting times: 7 pm, 7.30 pm or 8 pm, depending on the genre – for a different and unforgettable concert recording or special performance each night, which we will present to you on our website, Facebook and our YouTube channel. What is more, as a member of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) and in the spirit of international solidarity, we will also be transporting our viewers to a top concert hall elsewhere on the continent.

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Liszt: Reminiscences de Norma Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham / 30 March 2020, Monday, 8.00 pm Featuring: Lauren Zhang - piano

Helmut Lachenmann: Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied Casa da Música / 31 March 2020, Tuesday, 8.00 pm Featuring: Porto Symphony Orchestra Casa da Música and Arditti Quartet Conductor: Peter Rundel

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Liszt Mosaics – Dance concert 1 April 2020, Wednesday, 8.00 pm

Featuring: Gábor Farkas - piano • Saint Ephraim Men's Choir (artistic director: Tamás Bubnó) • Music: Liszt, Chopin, Paganini • Arranged by: Tamás Bubnó, István Szalonna Pál, Ferenc Radics, Márk Bubnó • Musical editor, artistic director: István Szalonna Pál • Choreographers: György Ágfalvi, Gábor Mihályi, Orza Calin, Zoltán Zsuráfszky Jr. • Costume designer: Edit Szűcs • Set, visual design: György Árvai • Video animation: Zsolt Korai • Lighting designer: Zoltán Vida • Director, ensemble leader: Gábor Mihályi After taking inspiration from Bartók and Kodály in previous productions, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble is again turning to Hungarian classical music for inspiration, this time to the work of Ferenc Liszt. The group wishes to see itself and be seen in the reflection of the genius's epochal oeuvre. On this occasion, the creative team is being motivated by more than the wish to pay tribute to Liszt: there is also the conviction that his greatness as a composer and performer has a valid message perhaps even for our own era, along with a lesson for our modern present.

This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 31 October 2018.

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Konzerthaus Dortmund / 2 April 2020, Thursday, 8.00 pm

Featuring: Yefim Bronfman - piano • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Conductor: Andris Nelson

BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL

Denis Matsuev’s Piano Recital 3 April 2020, Friday, 7.30 pm

Beethoven: Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, op. 110 • Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, op. 13 • Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, op. 39 - excerpts • Tchaikovsky: Méditation, op. 72/5 • Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, op. 23, No. 5 • Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G sharp minor, op. 32/12 • Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B flat major, op. 83 One of the world's celebrated pianists, who regularly demonstrates his exceptional technical and physical abilities in Hungarian concert halls, Denis Matsuev is a charismatic personality. His impeccable playing and his seemingly ungovernable keenness to improvise are equally captivating. He has a penchant for grand and very challenging concert programmes that feature some of the most complex pieces of the piano's literature.

This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 5 April 2017.

JAZZ SPRING 2018

Bobby McFerrin: circlesongs 4 April 2020, Saturday, 8.00 pm

Featuring: Joey Blake, Dave Worm – vocals • Sára Bolyki, Anna Fellegi, Cintia Horváth, Gina Kanizsa, Katus Várallyay, Petra Várallyay, László Bolyki, Attila Fábián, Máté Homor, Gábor Molnár, Dávid Varga, Bence Vavra – vocals For many people, Bobby McFerrin is ‘the guy who sang Don't Worry, Be Happy'.

Though he is indeed the composer of that world famous hit and has been performing the song for more than 30 years, it forms just a tiny part of his musical career - as will become evident during the concert. This American singer and composer is a boundary-pushing, tireless ‘seeker', whose life tells its own story of his constant exploration into self-knowledge and the artistic spirit.

McFerrin will present to the Müpa Budapest audience a reinterpretation of his meditation and improvisational Circlesongs work, based on the traditions of Africa and the Middle East and featuring supporting vocalists.

This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 3 May 2018.

London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonie Luxembourg / 5 April 2020, Sunday, 8.00 pm Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle

A clear voice sings for itself.

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PREVIEW

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PODCAST

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