The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra – the Orchestra of the Opera is proud to announce its 2015/16 season. With a history stretching back more than a century and a half, the Budapest Philharmonic is Hungary’s oldest functioning orchestra. As in previous years, the aim of the ensemble in the new season is nothing less than to retain its rank among the top concert orchestras in Hungary, capitalising on the special and unique musical skills gained from performing opera on a daily basis.
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra concerts:
Dvořak: Carnival Overture / Smetana: Má vlast (My Homeland)
5 October 2015 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg (Chairman-Conductor of the BPO)
Verdi: Requiem
2 November 2015 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Péter Halász (Principal Music Director of the Hungarian State Opera)
Featuring Anja Kampe (soprano), Ildikó Komlósi (alto), Andrei Dunaev (tenor), Kwangchui Youn (bass) and the Hungarian State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Kálmán Strausz)
Brahms: Piano Concerto in D minor, op. 15 / Elgar: Symphony No. 1
30 November 2015 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Alexander Lazarev
Featuring Sofya Gulyak (piano)
Händel: Messiah
21 December 2015 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Paul Goodwin
Featuring Malin Christensson (soprano), Gabriella Balga (alto), Tibor Szappanos (tenor), István Kovács (bass), the Hungarian State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Kálmán Strausz)
STEINBERG70
18 January 2016 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
Featuring Alexander Gavrylyuk (piano)
Programme:
Glinka: Overture from Ruslan and Lyudmila
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
KURTÁG90
22 February 2016 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Lawrence Foster
Featuring Hiromi Kikuchi (violin), Ken Hakii (Viola)
Programme:
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2
Kurtág: ...concertante... op. 42
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
Barber: First Essay for Orchestra, op. 12 / Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major / Schumann: Symphony No. 2
14 March 2015 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Featuring: Peter Jablonski (piano)
Conductor: John Fiore
YBL202
11 April 2016 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
Featuring: Beáta Várnai (clarinet)
Programme:
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K 622
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Gliere: Harp Concerto / Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905” op. 103
9 May 2016 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
Featuring: Jana Bouskova (harp)
SHAKESPEARE400+
30 May 2016 7:30 p.m. Opera House
Conductor: Arthur Fagen
Featuring Emőke Baráth (soprano), Szilvia Vörös (alto), the Hungarian State Opera Chorus (chorus director: Kálmán Strausz)
Programme:
Dvořak: Otello Overture, op. 93
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
Royal Music Hall chamber concerts at the Székely Bertalan Parlour of the Opera House:
10 October 2015 4 p.m. Dohnányi: String Quartet in D-flat major, op. 15 / Brahms: Trio in E minor, opus 40
14 November 2015 4 p.m. Concert works by Bach and Treherme, in collaboration with the British Council and the London Symphony Orchestra
12 December 2015 4 p.m. Christmas Sparklers – Debussy: Two Dances for Harp and String Orchestra / Fauré: Après un rêve / Debussy: Les Chansons de Bilitis
9 January 2016 4 p.m. Haydn: String Quartet in A major, opus 9, No. 6 / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, op. 115
13 February 2016 4 p.m. Veress: Sonatina / Moór: Suite No. 4 for Cello, op. 95 / Prokofiev: Quintet, op. 39
5 March 2016 4 p.m. Beethoven: Serenade in D major, op. 25 / Schubert: Trio Satz in B major, D. 471 / Britten: Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, op. 2
2 April 2016 4 p.m. Lajtha: Three Nocturnes / Ravel: Introduction and Allegro
23 April 2016 4 p.m. Bach: Three-Part Inventions / Haydn: London Trio / Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale – suite
