Abschlusskonzert: Budapest Festival Orchestra

In the organizer's words:

18.45 Concert introduction

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Eva Duda Dance Company

Iván Fischer: Conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Béla Bartók: "The Miraculous Mandarin". One-act dance pantomime

Iván Fischer has shaped his Budapest Festival Orchestra into one of the world's leading orchestras. After three years, they are now returning to the Beethovenfest. The final concert is all about dance: Beethoven's enthusiastic Seventh is considered the "apotheosis of dance". In the second half, a major work by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók follows, which can rarely be experienced in its original version as a dance pantomime. The Eva Duda Dance Company from Budapest creates the choreography in this eerie fairy tale about the misery of a prostitute and her mysterious suitor. The premiere in Cologne in 1926 caused a theater scandal, whereupon Mayor Konrad Adenauer banned further performances. The colorful, dramatically narrative music has fascinated Iván Fischer for years; he has made a definitive recording with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.