Symphonic Panorama Kicks Off January 6

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The Symphonic Panorama will feature 15 concerts in January and February.
 
The Szombathely Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Kodály.
On January 13, the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Imre Kollár, will perform a new work by the Hungarian composer Zoltán Kovács, as well as Brahms's 2nd Symphony.
 
On January 14, the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra of Pécs will perform the world premiere of Zsolt Hamar's Offertory.
The Budapest Strings will accompany Frankfurt Radio's first-chair cellist László Fenyő in a performance of Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major.
 
On January 20, the Budafok Dohnányi Ernő Symphony Orchestra will play Variations, a new work by János Vajda, along with pieces by Leonard Bernstein and Ferde Grofé.
 
Toshihiko Matsunuma, the young Japanese conductor who won the Budapest International Conducting Competition in 2002, will conduct the Budapest Philharmonic Company on January 22. Part of the programme will feature Beethoven's Piano Concerto in E-flat Major played by Dezső Ránki.
 
The Szeged Symphonic Orchestra will perform Enigma composed by the Hungarian János Viski in 1939, at a concert on January 31. Also on the programme will be Elgar's Enigma Variations, composed in 1899.
 
The Duna Symphony Orchestra will perform a work for organ and orchestra by Joseph Jongen on February 7.
 
The Danubia Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the 70th birthday of the composer Emil Petrovics with a concert on February 8. On the programme will be Petrovics's 2nd Symphony among other pieces.
 
The Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra will show the impact of folk music on classical music at a concert on February 18. Guest performers at the concert will include Márta Sebestyén and Muzsikás.
The Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra of Székesfehérvár will perform Petrovics's Vörösmarty Overture, Mozart's Flute Concerto in D Major and Beethoven's 9th Symphony at a concert on February 25.
 
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)