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classical music, opera, theatre
Third Budapest International Choral Celebration - Opening concert
International Choral Gala
18 May 2018, Friday
6 pm - 8 pm
one interval
Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

  • Karai: De profundis
    Ligeti: Hortobágy
  • Chu-Lan Kao: Sasan Under Escort
    Nan-Chang Chien: Song of Praise
  • Hans Demez: Gherdëina Gherdëina
    Albert Hammond: I'm a train
  • Improvisations for a sweedish folk tune (Karin Rehnqvist): Ljusfälten
    Imogen Heap (arr. J. Yngwe): Hide and seek
  • Elvis Stanić,ó (arr. Joško Ćaleta): Naranča
    Davor Bobić: Slavonica
  • Kodály: Esti dal
    Hogan: My Soul's been Anchored in the Lord
  • George Michael-Anders Edenroth: Freedom
    Hogan: Oh Happy Day
    Handel-Quincy Jones: Halleluja
This international choral festival takes place of the third time from 18 to 21 May and will welcome more than a thousand singers from all over the world. In addition to the gala events in the concert hall, the programme features festival concerts, communal singing and workshops, and the return of the midnight choral concert.

The program is organised on behalf of the Public Foundation for Research on Central and Eastern European History and Society within the framework of the Hungarian Presidency of the Visegrad Group 2017/2018.

Presented by: Interkultur Hungaria, Müpa Budapest

Conductor:

Gábor Hollerung
Oriolus Chamber Choir Zsuzsanna Weiszburg, Péter Mészáros
Taipei Philharmonic Civic Chorale SzuYun Hsieh
Cor di Jëuni Gherdëina Samuel Runggaldier
S:t Petri Ungdomskör SPUK Alexander Einarsson
Lipa Valerija Fischbach
Samford University A cappella Choir Philip Copeland

Featuring:

Oriolus Chamber Choir (Hungary)
Taipei Philharmonic Civic Chorale (Taiwan)
Cor di Jëuni Gherdëina (Italy)
S:t Petri Ungdomskör SPUK (Sweeden)
Lipa (Croatia)
Samford University A cappella Choir (USA)
Jazzation (Hungary)
Sjaella (Germany)
The Real Group (Sweden)
  • 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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