From Hungary with love: Fischer and the BFO glow in Brahms

Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra

The Budapest Festival Orchestra sing their encore

Iván Fischer, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Von Mark Pullinger, 16 Oktober 2024

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“it’s the spirit of their playing that was most touching, a sheer love of music-making”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Wien, am 15 Oktober 2024

Brahms, Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 17 in fis-Moll (arr. Dvořák)

Brahms, Violinkonzert in D-Dur, Op.77

Ponce, Estrellita (arr. Heifetz)

Brahms, Ungarischer Tanz Nr. 3 in F-Dur

Brahms, Symphonie Nr. 3 in F-Dur, Op.90

Brahms, Abendständchen, Op.42 Nr.1

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Violine

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer, Musikalische Leitung

Igor Levit und Budapest Festival Orchestra: ein Fest für Prokofjew

Sebastian Urmoneit, 24th March

Mit dem Dritten stand wohl das bekannteste Klavierkonzert Prokofjews im Mittelpunkt, eingerahmt von zwei glänzenden Orchesterstücken.

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Musikalische Ekstase auf Ungarisch

Sarah Schnoor, 26th March

Das Budapest Festival Orchestra bringt mit einem Bartók-Programm ungarische Klangfarben in die Elbphilharmonie.

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Die Allrounder – Budapest Festival Orchestra und Andras Schiff

David Renke, 28th November

Sowohl Beethovens zweites als auch drittes Klavierkonzert interpretierte der gebürtige Ungar András Schiff mit dem Budapest Festival Orchestra in der Münchner Philharmonie.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

From Hungary with love: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra glow in Brahms