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classical music, opera, theatre
I Proclaim Joy to You
Concert theatre with music from J. S. Bach’s Christmas oratorio
13 December 2025, Saturday
6 pm - 7:30 pm
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Ticket prices

3 900 HUF   4 500 HUF   6 000 HUF   7 200 HUF   8 400 HUF

The discounts of the Müpa+ membership programme cannot be applied for this performance, and we are also unable to credit membership points.

Conductor:

Pál Németh
Soma Dinyés

Featuring:

Mary Eszter Balogh (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph István Kovács (bass)
Angel Eszter Zemlényi (soprano)
Evangelist Szabolcs Hámori (bass-baritone)
Caspar Zoltán Megyesi (tenor)
Melchior István Horváth (tenor)
Balthasar Varga Donát (tenor)
Music-playing angels Melinda Kozár, Zsuzsanna Varga (oboes)
the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Choir and Children’s Choir

J. S. Bach

Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (excerpts)

A CAST OF 200. THE BETHLEHEM STORY.
This staged production brings the Bethlehem story to life with the help of Mary, Joseph, the three wise men of the east, the evangelist and the angels. Johann Sebastian Bach composed a cantata for each feast day of the Christmas season, often incorporating elements from earlier works. Completed in 1734, Bach himself regarded this cantata cycle as an oratorio, and posterity has embraced it as one of the most captivating and monumental compositions of his oeuvre, alongside his two Passion settings. The work was first performed in Hungary over Christmas 1926, nearly a century ago. The daily newspaper Pesti Napló described it as a heart- and soul-rending miracle with an infinitely pure resonance that was received by audiences as a true gift.

Presented by: Hungarian Radio Art Groups (MRME)

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