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Wagner and Bruckner
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MONUMENTAL. FATAL ROMANCE.
Composed around the time of Tristan and Isolde and connected to the romantic musical drama by multiple threads, the Wesendonck cycle is a particularly exciting work within Wagner’s oeuvre. The author of the poems was Mathilde Wesendonck: "She was and remains my first and only love. The years spent with her were the most radiant of my life,” Wagner once said. The crowning glory of Bruckner’s symphonic output was his Symphony No. 8, which János Richter first introduced to an audience in Vienna in 1892. Present at the premiere were such luminaries of the Viennese music scene as Brahms, Hugo Wolf and Johann Strauss, and it goes without saying that his most devoted followers and fiercest critics were also in attendance. It should come as no surprise then that the work was met with a mixed reception. The debate has since subsided, but the piece continues to be one of the most enigmatic of the symphonic repertoire.
Program and cast
Conductor: János Kovács
alto: Atala Schöck
the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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