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classical music, opera, theatre
Szent István Philharmonic
Bells for the Souls
28 November 2026 Saturday
6 pm - 8:30 pm
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

Ticket prices

4 500 HUF   5 000 HUF   6 000 HUF

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

Conductor:

János Kovács

Featuring:

soprano Renáta Gebe-Fügi
tenor István Horváth
baritone Anatoly Fokanov
piano Sebestyén Pellet
King St Stephen Oratorio Choir (choirmaster: Kálmán Záborszky)
King St Stephen Secondary School of Music Women’s and Men’s Choirs (chorus masters: Éva Soltész, Krisztián Safarek)
Szent István Philharmonic

Rachmaninoff

Isle of the Dead – symphonic poem, Op. 29

Rachmaninoff

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

interval

Rachmaninoff

The Bells – choral symphony, Op. 35

Loss, hope and reconciliation trace the arc of the Szent István Philharmonic’s Rachmaninov concert. Inspired by Böcklin’s mystical painting, The Isle of the Dead evokes the mysterious world of death, while the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, written after a long creative crisis, is one of the most popular masterpieces of late-Romantic music and guides the listener from darkness towards hope. The rarely heard choral symphony The Bells, based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, journeys through the great turning points of human life – from birth to death. The music of overwhelming power gives voice to both the idea of passing and that of release.

Presented by: Szent István Philharmonic

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