In 2008, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Müpa Budapest organised a Tchaikovsky Marathon. Since then, the day-long concert series has developed into a tradition: each year music lovers mark their calendars in bold red letters in anticipation of the festive winter day when they can truly luxuriate in the oeuvre of a beloved composer as performed by notables of Hungarian musical life and various symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists. The audience members include "sprinters” who come for an hour or two of music and "half-marathoners” who prove themselves across the middle distance, with a significant portion of the audience each year made up of voracious souls who sit through each and every one of the day's concerts. Following on the heels of Tchaikovsky, Bach, Beethoven, Bartók, Mozart, Schubert, Dvořák and Stravinsky, 2016's event featured two protagonists, with the series focusing on two giants of German romanticism: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Robert Schumann.
The 2017 marathon puts Johannes Brahms in the starring role. The great summariser of 19th century music wrote significant compositions in many genres, ranging from symphonic and concert works to vocal and chamber music and pieces for solo piano. The audience will have the problem of abundance to contend with, and even though the detailed programme will only be published later on, it's certain that lovers of the music of Brahms are already looking forward to an eventful day.

Artistic director: Fischer Iván

• 11:30 am
  Scherzo in C minor
  Csongor Korossy-Khayll - violin, Ádám Balogh - piano
  Sonata in E minor, op. 38
  First movement: Flóra Csőke - cello, Fülöp Várallyay - piano
  Second and third movements: Gabriella Bali - cello, Kinga Várallyay - piano

• 2 pm
  Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4
  Ábel Horváth - piano
  Six Pieces for Piano, op. 118
  No. 1 - Intermezzo in A minor
  No. 2 - Intermezzo in A major
  No. 3 - Ballad in G minor
  Alberto Teresa Hernanz - piano
  Trio in A minor, op. 114, first movement
  Gari Krasznai-Cayuelas - clarinet, Kristina Vocetková - cello, Daniel Krasznai-Cayuelas - piano

• 4 pm
  Two Songs for Alto, Viola and Piano, op. 91
  Anna Kiss-Judit - alto, N. N. - viola, Apor Szűts - piano
  Sonata in E-flat major, op. 120/2
  Péter Bor - viola, Kristóf Katona - piano

• 6 pm
  Piano Quartet in C minor, op. 60
  Lisa Romain - violin, Boglárka Szűcs - viola, Ágnes Márkus - cello, Krisztián Andor - piano

• 8 pm
  Piano Trio in B major, op. 8
  Enikő Kiss - violin, Attila Kónya - cello, Misa Okazaki - piano
  
  
  
  
  

  Presented by: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Müpa Budapest