Monday, 17 March
with Dohnányi’s Stabat Mater and Puccini’s Messa di Gloria conducted by Gábor
Hollerung. Venue: District VI, Liszt Ferenc tér 8. Tel: 342-0179
Tuesday, 18 March
Levente Gyöngyösi’s Passion. Venue: District I, Szentháromság tér 2. Tel.:
355-5657
Wednesday, 19 March
Palace of
Arts Festival Theatre at 7pm: the Hungarian premiere of László Tihanyi’s
Genitrix – a production of the Opéra National de Bordeaux. Venue: District IX,
Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300
www.mupa.hu
Thursday, 20 March
Bartók Béla
National Concert Hall at 7:30pm: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (left) performs
Haydn’s “Svanisce in un momento” and The Storm, Mozart’s Symphony in D major (
Dvorak’s Symphony No.
G major, op. 88. Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Friday, 21 March
Millenáris
Theatre at 7pm: dance performance Soul Dance by Yvette Bozsik. Venue:
Millenáris, District II, Fény utca 20-22. Tel: 438-5335 www.millenaris.hu
Saturday, 22 March
Palace of
Arts Festival Theatre at 7pm: The Limón Dance Company performs Dances for Isadora (choreography: José Limón,
music: Frédéric Chopin), The Traitor (choreography: José Limón, music: Gunther
Schuller), and Suite from A Choreographic Offering (choreography: José Limón,
music: J. S. Bach). Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Palace of
Arts Festival Theatre at 7pm: The Limón Dance Company performs Dances for Isadora (choreography: José Limón,
music: Frédéric Chopin), The Traitor (choreography: José Limón, music: Gunther
Schuller), and Suite from A Choreographic Offering (choreography: José Limón,
music: J. S. Bach). Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Sunday, 23 March
Italian
Culture Institute at 7:30pm: the Hungarian National Gypsy Orchestra. Venue:
District VIII, Bródy Sándor ut 8. Tel.:
483-2040
Monday, 24 March
Bartók Béla
National Concert Hall at 7:30pm: Métamorphosis – world music concert by the
25-year-old Méta Ensemble. Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Tuesday, 25 March
King Stephen Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Choir will perform Purcell’s Ode
for Saint Cecilia’s Day and Gounod’s Saint Cecilia Mass. Venue: District I,
Szentháromság tér 2. Tel.: 355-5657
Wednesday, 26 March
Bartók Béla
National Concert Hall at 8pm: gospel with the Blind Boys of Alabama choir.
Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Thursday, 27 March
Bartók Béla
National Concert Hall at 7:30pm: Nigel Kennedy plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto
No.
D major, K218 and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61. Venue:
District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.:
555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Friday, 28 March
Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s Piano concerto No.
Bruckner’s Symphony No.
E major. Venue: District VI, Liszt Ferenc tér 8. Tel: 342-0179
Saturday, 29 March
Festival
perform “The Two Faces of God” including works by Chopin, Liszt, Schubert and
Beethoven. Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
Sunday, 30 March
Bartók Béla
National Concert Hall at 7:30pm: the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra will perform
Bartók’s Four Pieces for Orchestra, Péter Eötvös’s Seven, Wagner’s Siegfried
Idyll and Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Venue: District IX, Komor Marcell utca 1. Tel.: 555-3300 www.mupa.hu
The big ticket
The
Budapest Spring Festival which began last Friday and runs to 30 March is one of
exhibitions, classical concerts and more. For further information visit:
www.btf.hu (in English, German, French, Russian and Hungarian.) Tickets for the
most-popular events are often hard to come by at this stage. Those remaining,
often single seats, can be purchased in person at the festival’s customer
service office (District V, Szervita tér 5) on weekdays from 10am to 6pm.
Details of other events are available from www.budapestspringfestival.com, or
from the customer service office, tel.: 486-3311.
