Müpa Home Weekly (24-30 May 2021)

Our weekly transmissions 24–30 May 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 open Müpa Budapest’s virtual concert hall online. These days are all about the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks, which can be accessed free of charge and promise to delight fans of the arts with exclusive performances by Hungarian and international stars of era-defining works. 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 © János Lakatos

Monday, 24 May 2021, 7.30 pm

AN EVENING OF LISZT AND BARTÓK Liszt: From the Cradle to the Grave, S. 107 • Liszt: Totentanz (Danse Macabre), S. 126 • Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60, BB 74 Featuring: Sebestyén Pellet – piano • Szent István Philharmonic, students of the Hungarian Dance University • Choreographer: Leo Mujić • Conductor: János Kovács During the first part of their show, the Szent István Philharmonic will perform Ferenc Liszt’s late tone poem, From the Cradle to the Grave, a symphonic work with a special atmosphere, as well as his Danse Macabre, one of the most virtuosic works in the literature of the piano concerto. The solo will be played by Sebestyén Pellet, a graduate of Szent István Király Musical Grammar School and a student of the Liszt Academy.

The performance is available to view on our website, Facebook page and YouTube channel, as well as on the Bartók Spring website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Photo © János Lakatos

Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 7.30 pm

AN EVENING OF BARTÓK

Performance by Gergely Madaras, the Hungarian National Philharmonic and the Szeged Contemporary Dance Company Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114 • Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123 Vencel Csetényi – Béla Bartók • Petra Bocsi – Ditta Pásztory • Gergely Czár – Bluebeard • Boglárka Heim – Judit • Róbert Kiss – Mandarin • Réka Kiss – Mimi Graziano Bongiovanni – The Wooden Prince • Marie Vilette – Princess • Zsófia Liszkai – Spider • Boglárka Heim – Allegory of the Homeland • Szandra Szigyártó – Virgin Mary • Lotár Vincze – Satan • Also featuring: Janka Nier, Adrienn Nyeste, Hanna Hudacsek, Fanni Mészáros, Adam Bobák Ferenc Stadler – Lighting • Dóra Mojzes – Costumes • Gergely Czár – Assistant to the choreographer • Juronics Tamás – Concept, choreographer The content and form of Concerto, the symphonic work Béla Bartók wrote in the United States, cannot be separated from his experience, his mood, in 1943, prior to the composition: he was constantly ill, was tormented by homesickness, and was worried over the fate of his homeland and Europe. This dance production, which was inspired by the music of the Concerto, evokes the composer’s person as a character who shares the stage with such figures from Bartók’s oeuvre as Bluebeard, the Mandarin and the Wooden Prince. In the first part of the concert, Gergely Madaras will conduct the orchestra through a pivotal high point of the oeuvre, an outstanding composition of the 20th century, Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.

The performance is available to view on our website, as well as on the Bartók Spring website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Photo © Betti Borbás

Friday, 28 May 2021, 7 pm

BALLET PÉCS: VASARELY ETUDES – PREMIERE Performed by: dancers of Ballet Pécs Featuring: Iván Kamarás, Atilla Kiss-B., Teodóra Uhrik, Éva Vári Featured musicians: Anna Györfi – voice • Tamás Kéméndi – accordion Richárd Riederauer – Music • Balázs Cziegler – Set • Fruzsina Nagy – Costumes Miklós Hepkó, Balázs Vincze – Lighting • Katalin Ujvári, Zsolt Molnár – Assistants to the choreographer • Balázs Vincze – Choreographer, director This production of Ballet Pécs, which celebrates its 60th anniversary, was inspired by the works of Victor Vasarely, who was born 115 years ago. Itself a part of the city’s fabric, the company attached great importance to evoking Vasarely’s home town in the anniversary performance, and the works of art that inspired the production’s visuals were mostly chosen from the holdings of the Vasarely Museum, Pécs.

This performance of the Bartók Spring is presented by Müpa Budapest as a joint event with the Ballet Pécs.

The performance is available to view on our website, as well as on the Bartók Spring website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Jakub Józef Orliński • Photo © Jiyang Chen

Saturday, 29 May 2021, 7.30 pm

JAKUB JÓZEF ORLIŃSKI AND IL POMO D’ORO Cavalli: La Calisto – Sinfonia • Cavalli: La Calisto – “Erme e solinghe cime... Lucidissima face” (Endimione’s recitative and aria, Act II) • Boretti: Eliogabalo – “Chi scherza con Amor” (Eliogabalo’s aria, Act III) • Boretti: Claudio Cesare – Sinfonia (Act II) • Boretti: Claudio Cesare – “Crudo amor, non hai pietà” (Claudio’s aria, Act II) • Bononcini: La costanza non gradita nel doppio amore d’Aminta (serenata) – “Infelice mia costanza” (Aminta’s aria) • Conti: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena – “Odio, vendetta, amor” (Fernando’s aria, Act IV) • Bononcini: La Nemica d’Amore fatta amante – Sinfonia • Handel: Muzio Scevola, HWV 13 – “Spera che tra le care gioie” (Muzio’s aria, Act III) • Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 – „Pena tiranna” (Dardano’s aria, Act II) • Matteis: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena – Ballo dei Bagatellieri • Predieri: Scipione il giovane – “Finche salvo è l’amor suo” (Scipione’s aria, Act I) • Orlandini–Mattheson: Nerone – “Che m’ami ti prega” (Nerone’s aria, Act I) We’ve become accustomed to the great tenors and sopranos being genuine megastars, personalities whose every move is watched by their armies of fans. A couple of decades ago, the world’s renowned countertenors closed the gap on them, their ranks now containing idols to match Caruso, Callas and their ilk. The young Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński is one such star – and this is hardly surprising, given that he is not only a wonderful singer, but has the looks of an Apollo (and, let us mention incidentally, is sought after as a fashion model). What is more, besides singing he is also a breakdancing virtuoso.

The recording was made in Germany at Theater Essen on 10 May 2021.

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

Daniel Harding • Photo © Julian Hargreaves

Sunday, 30 May 2021, 7.30 pm

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp major – Adagio • Symphony No. 1 in D major (“Titan”) Conductor: Daniel Harding It is an exciting thing when a single concert offers a chance to look at both the start and the end of an artist’s career. This performance does just that with the output of the greatest composer of symphonies of the 20th century, not to mention doing so by surveying his initial youthful steps from the perspective of the final ones taken at the conclusion of his life. The programme features two symphonies: the completed first one and the surviving fragment of the final one. Mahler has become a symbol of Vienna (much like his great predecessors, who also gravitated to the city from elsewhere, as he did), and playing his works on this occasion will be another one of its symbols: the celebrated and storied Vienna Philharmonic.

The recording of the concert is made at Vienna Konzerthaus on 25 May 2021.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website.

A clear voice sings for itself.

Müpa Budapest’s partner is Ricola.

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