Budapest Festival Orchestra

Program and cast

17-19 October 2025

Gábor Takács-Nagy: Conductor

Dávid Bereczky: Kürt

Program

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A major, Hob. I:87
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

Dávid Bereczky, horn
conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy

24-25 November 2025

János Pilz: Koncertmester

A Network of Musical Periods

Handel

C.P.E. Bach

Mozart

Mendelssohn

Jóföldi

Pilz

Georg Friedrich Handel: Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in D Minor, H. 484/1, Wq 22

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 1 in D major, K. 136

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: String Symphony No. 8 in D major, MWV N 8

24-25 January 2026

Bach and Co. 

J. C. Bach

J. S. Bach

C. P. E. Bach

W. F. Bach

Chauvin

Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in G minor, Op. 6, No. 6, W. C12

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048;

Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in C major, H. 649, Wq. 174

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Symphony in F major, F. 67 “Dissonant”

Artistic director and Baroque violin: Julien Chauvin

27-28 February and 1 March 2026

Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo – Overture and Ballet Music, K. 366 and K. 367
Joseph Haydn: Cello concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Sándor Veress: Four Transylvanian Dances
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 80 in D-minor, Hob. I:80

25-26 April 2026

Baroque concert: Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Boccherini, Galuppi, Mozart, Jommelli

Program:
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 114
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Orfeo – Cantata, P. 115
Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 6 in D major, G. 479
Baldassare Galuppi: Concerto Grosso No. 4 in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento No. 2 in B-flat major, K. 137
Niccolò Jommelli: Didone abbandonata (Dido Abandoned) – Cantata

Lore Binon (soprano)
Artistic director, Baroque violin and violoncello da spalla: Sergey Malov
Baroque gesture: Sigrid T’Hooft

5-6 June 2026

Concertino: C.P.E. Bach, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Sosztakovics, Beethoven

Prorgram:
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony No. 5 in B minor “Hamburg”, H. 661, Wq. 182/5
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in D minor, MWV O 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C Minor, Op. 110a
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major – Cavatina, Op. 130

István Kádár (violin)
Concertmaster: Daniel Bard