L'éloquence de Bartók par le Budapest Festival Orchestra

By Arthur Macé, 01 April 2019

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“les efforts individuels de projection du son transcendent l'orchestre en un instrument merveilleux”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 31 March 2019

Bartók, Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68

Bartók, Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz 100, BB 107

Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Ildikó Komlósi, Judith

Krisztián Cser, Bluebeard

Márta Sebestyén, Vocals

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Gábor Káli, Conductor

Clarity and communion in Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler 3

Michelle Assay, 12th February

On the final leg of their North American tour, the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s Mahler proves a a transformative experience within the intimate setting of Toronto’s Koerner Hall.

*****

Budapest Festival Orchestra plays – and sings – at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 6th February

Joined by violinist Maxim Vengerov, the Hungarian orchestra, under Music Director Iván Fischer, is in top form in a program of three highly contrasting pieces.

****1

Budapest Festival Orchestra at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 11th November

Iván Fischer and Alina Ibragimova transform familiar works into a vivid experience. From Beethoven’s Violin Concerto to Strauss’ Josephs Legende, the orchestra dazzles with colour, energy and cinematic intensity.

****1

Unseduced: Don Giovanni opens the Budapest Festival Orchestra season

Orsolya Gyárfás, 9th September

Iván Fischer's reworking of his 2017 production of Don Giovanni is musically capable, but dramatically unconvincing.

***11

Bluebeard at the Proms with Iván Fischer and the BFO

Roy Westbrook, 6th August

The evening starts with life-affirming Beethoven – and then, the Budapest Festival Orchestra demonstrate just how good native Hungarians can be in Bartók’s chiller.

*****

Earth-shattering Mahler 2 from the Budapest FO at the Mahler Festival

Clare Varney, 11th May

As part of the Concertgebouw's ambitious Mahler Festival, Christiane Karg, Anna Lucia Richter and the Netherlands Radio Choir join the Budapest Festival Orchestra for the Resurrection Symphony.

*****

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Arthur Macé

Originaire de Caen où il obtient des diplômes en clarinette, en analyse et en histoire de la musique, Arthur Macé est actuellement étudiant en musicologie au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.

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