Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
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Program and cast
October 31, 2025, Friday, 7:30 PM
László Boldizsár – tenor (the son)
Miklós Sebestyén – bass-baritone (the father)
National Choir (choir director: Csaba Somos)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Mátyás Antal
Program
Joseph HAYDN: Symphony No. 80 in D minor, Hob. I:80
Béla BARTÓK: Cantata profana, BB 100, Sz 94
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Igor STRAVINSKY: Psalm Symphony
Expected end: 9:00 PM
January 29, 2026, Thursday, 7:30 PM
Dóra Bizják – piano
National Choir (choir director: Csaba Somos)
Conductor: Csaba Somos
Program
Bruno BETTINELLI: Già mi trovai di Maggio
Pietro CLAUSETTI: Ombra dei boschi d’Aser
Morten LAURIDSEN: Ov’e lass’, il bel viso?
Morten LAURIDSEN: Quando son’ più lontan
Jonathan DOVE: The Passing of the Year
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Willem JETHS: Viaggio italiano (Italian Journey) – Hungarian premiere
Tamás BEISCHER-MATYÓ: Psalm Verses
February 4, 2026, Wednesday, 7:30 PM
Máté Szűcs – viola
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Domonkos Héja
Program
Robert VOLKMANN: Richard III – Overture, Op. 68
Leó WEINER: Ballad for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 28
György KURTÁG: Movement for Viola and Orchestra
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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
March 10, 2026, Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Kinga Kriszta – soprano
Lilla Horti – soprano
Szabolcs Brickner – tenor
National Choir (choir director: Csaba Somos)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Csaba Somos
Program
Johannes BRAHMS: Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied), Op. 54
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Hear My Prayer (Hör’ mein Bitten), WoO 15
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Felix MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, “Hymn of Praise” (Lobgesang), Op. 52
April 9, 2026, Thursday, 7:30 PM
Zsombor Cserményi – bass
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gábor Hontvári
Program
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest – Overture-Fantasy, Op. 18
Emil PETROVICS: Cantata No. 5 (Letters from Turkey), Op. 29 for bass and chamber orchestra
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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major, “Pastoral”, Op. 68
April 29, 2026, Wednesday, 7:30 PM
National Choir (choir director: Csaba Somos)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: György Vashegyi
Program
La Vierge – Aude Extrémo
May 7, 2026, Thursday, 7:30 PM
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Dániel Erdélyi
Program
Robert SCHUMANN: Julius Caesar – Overture, Op. 128
György ORBÁN: Sopra canti diversi for string orchestra
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing – Suite, Op. 11
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Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, “Fate”, Op. 67
Pesti Vigadó Theater
Vigadó (usually translated as "Place for Merriment") is Budapest's second largest concert hall, located on the Eastern bank of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary.
The building itself, designed by Frigyes Feszl in 1859, makes a bold impression along the Pest embankment. Built to replace another concert hall on the same site (which was destroyed by fire in the 1848 War of Independence) Feszl's Vigadó was also badly damaged, this time during World War II. The post-war reconstruction, which took some thirty-six years to complete, remains faithful to his original design and continues to attract leading conductors and performers from around the world. The facade of the Vigadó was cleaned and restored in 2006.