MUPA Hosts Beethoven Marathon

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The marathon will feature eleven concerts from 10:30 in the morning. The last concert will start at 9:00 in the evening.

 
The event follows earlier marathons of works by Tchaikovsky and Dvorák.
 
Among the orchestras performing will be the BFO, Concerto Budapest, the Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, the Philharmonic Society Orchestra, the MÁV Symphonic Orchestra and the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra. Soloists will include Eszter Wierdl, László Fenyő, Dénes Várjon, József Lendvay and Barnabás Kelemen.
 
The Programme:
 
 Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 10.30 a.m.
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op.61
Concerto Budapest
soloist: Barnabás Kelemen (violin)
conductor: András Keller
 
Festival Theatre, 11.30 a.m.
12 Variations on a Theme of Händel's Judas Maccabeus, WoO 45
Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op.102. No.1.
Seven Variations on a Theme of Mozart's The Magic Flute, WoO 46
László Fenyő (cello), Mária Kovalszki (piano)
 
Bartók National Concert Hall, 12.30 a.m.
Symphony No.3. in E Flat Major, Op.55
Danubia Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Domonkos Héja
 
Festival Theatre, 1.30 p.m.
Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, Op.24
József Lendvay (violin), Klára Würtz (piano)
"Kakadu"-variations, Op.121/a
István Kádár (violin), Péter Nagy (piano), Kousay Mahdi (cello)
 
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 3.00 p.m.
Egmont - stage music to Goethe's drama, Op.84
Orchestra of the Hungarian Philharmonic Society
soloists: Eszter Wierdl (soprano), János Kulka (prose)
conductor: János Kovács
 
Festival Theatre, 4.00 p.m.
Allegro and Menuett in G Major, WoO 26
Gabriella Pivon and Anett Jóföldi (flute)
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E Flat Major, Op.16
Jenő Jandó (piano), Emma Schied (oboe), Ákos Ács (clarinet), Gábor Bereczky (horn), Dániel Tallián (bassoon)
 
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 5.00 p.m.
King Stephan - overture, Op.117
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.4. in G Major, Op.58
MÁV Symphony Orchestra
soloist: Dimitris Sgouros (piano)
conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
 
Festival Theatre, 6.00 p.m.
String Quartet in C Major, Op.59. No.3.
Eckhardt String Quartet
 
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 7.00 p.m.
Mass in C Major, Op.86
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra
Budapest Academic Society Chorus
soloists: Zita Váradi (soprano), Lucia Megyesi-Schwartz (mezzo), Alessandro Codeluppi (tenor), István Rácz (bass)
conductor: Zoltán Peskó
 
Festival Theatre, 8.00 p.m.
Piano Sonata in G Major, Op.14. No.2.
Piano Sonata in F Flat Major, Op.78
Piano Sonata in E Flat Major, Op.81/a
Dénes Várjon (piano)
 
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, 9.00 p.m.
Symphony No.7. in A Major, Op.92
Budapest Festival Orchestra
conductor: Iván Fischer
Source: fidelio.hu / BFO