Programme: Erkel: Festive Overture Imre Kálmán: Palotás from the operetta 'Der Teufelsreiter' Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 J. Strauss: Light Blood – fast polka Weiner: Fox Dance Kodály: Recruiting from the opera 'Háry János' Jacob de Haan: Ross Roy overture Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady – musical medley John Williams: Symphonic Marches Jacob de Haan: Caribbean Variations Ferenc Kapi-Horváth: The Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard Is 40 Years Old – march Co...nducted by: Ferenc Kapi-Horváth and Alex Nyers Customs And Finance Guard Orchestra looks back on a long history. Members of the Finance Guard 'Autodidactic Circle' have performed at smaller and larger social dinners and artists' evenings already as far back as 1898. In 1942, the Hungarian Royal Finance Guard Wind Orchestra was founded. It proved at celebrations, concerts in Budapest and in the countryside and at the Academy of Music that its creation had been a good decision. In 1954, Ottó Berg, the conductor of the Hungarian State Opera House took over the direction of the orchestra, which has been complemented by the Finance Guard choir from 1960. The orchestra often performed with Hilda Gobbi, Erzsébet Házi, Tamás Major, or Márta Zárai and János Vámosi, known Hungarian artists of the age. In 1981, János Galambos took over the direction of the orchestra. With his excellent transcriptions, he prepared a quality basis for the light music appearances of the orchestra. The orchestra has a wide range of tasks: festive, charity and radio concerts; television broadcasts; open-air concerts, musical marches and festivals all belong to the appearances of the symphony orchestra, which occupy all members of the orchestra, while there the orchestra also has a dance music section, a chamber orchestra formation and a big band to provide entertainment. The repertoire is also varied: starting from traditional Hungarian, Czech and German marches, through symphonic-, opera- and operetta transcriptions and compilations, to contemporary Hungarian and foreign wind music, traditional and modern light music are all on the programme of the orchestra. The orchestra attends military festivals accompanying orchestras of armed forces; their beautifully tailored historical uniform and their formational program regularly earns them success both in Hungary and abroad. The Customs Directorate World Organisation's anthem and march, composed by Ferenc Horváth-Kapi, the leading conductor of the orchestra, was first introduced at the 2002 Brussels Congress of the organisation, in the performance of several customs orchestras including the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard Orchestra. The orchestra has been representing the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard for 65 years now in the world of culture. It is one of the best wind orchestras of Hungary and a determining participant of international and Hungarian wind music life.
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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.
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