2018 will be the tenth year that the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Müpa Budapest are jointly organising an all-day marathon - lasting from morning until late in the evening - of the best work from a single composer. The year also marks the centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, the American composer, conductor and pianist who was also one of the key figures in promoting classical music. In addition to playing his most popular works, outstanding Hungarian performers and ensembles will also be interpreting ones - some lyrical, others dynamic or with a strong dance or jazz component - by his compatriots George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, Steve Reich, John Cage, Elliot Cole, Red Norvo, Samuel Barber, Stephen Foster, Charles Ives, Harold Meltzer, John Harbison, Ned Rorem and William Bolcom.
4 pm
Songs from the New World
Featuring: Nóra Tatai, Máté Herczeg - vocals, Ferenc János Szabó - piano
- Bernstein: Cunegonde's aria ("Glitter and be Gay”) from the opera Candide
- Ives: Three Songs of War
- Libby Larsen: Songs from Letters
6 pm
"I hate music” and what's been left out...
Featuring: students of the percussion department of the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music
- Barber: Sure on This Shining Night (Edina Békefi - vocals, Gergely Kovács - piano)
- Cage: Dance Music for Elfrid Ide (Áron Berki, Mihály Endrédi, Mátyás Holló, Boldizsár Kovács, András Simon, Bence Siptár - percussion instruments)
- Bernstein: Four Anniversaries, No. 1: For Felicia Montealegre (Péter Rippert - piano)
- Bernstein: Five Anniversaries, No. 2: For Lukas Foss, No. 4: For Sandy Gellhorn (Gergely Kovács - piano)
- Bernstein: Seven Anniversaries. No. 5: In Memoriam Nathalie Koussevitzky (Áron Demeter - piano), No. 6: For Sergei Koussevitzky (Henrik Szőcs - piano)
- Bernstein: Thirteen Anniversaries, No. 1: For Shirley Gabis Rhoads Perle (Katalin Gonda - piano), No. 4: For Craig Urquhart (Zsolt Medgyesi - piano), No. 11: For Felicia, On Our 28th Birthday (& Her 52nd) (Ádám Balogh - piano)
- Bernstein: I Hate Music (Edina Békefi - vocals, Gergely Kovács - piano)
- Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (Mihály Endrédi, Mátyás Holló, Boldizsár Kovács, András Simon, Bence Siptár - percussion instruments)
20.00
Gershwin at the piano
Featuring: Fülöp Várallyay, Jan Vojtek - piano
- Gershwin: Three Preludes
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Excerpts from the Songbook for four hands
Artistic director of the series: Iván Fischer.
Presented by: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Müpa Budapest
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We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
