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classical music, opera, theatre

Beethoven: Missa solemnis

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
cancelled
The performance has been cancelled.

Dear Visitor,

We regret to inform you that, pursuant to the decision of the Hungarian government and in light of the pandemic situation, all of our performances until 31 January 2021 have been cancelled. We will refund the price of tickets for programmes organised by Müpa Budapest itself: you can claim refunds for individual tickets by clicking here, and for tickets that are part of season tickets on this page.

Only Müpa Budapest's own productions can be registered on our interface. For information regarding ticket refunds for hosted performances, meaning ones not organised by Müpa Budapest, please enquire with the organiser of the performance.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

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The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the performance of Beethoven's most massive work originally planned for March 2020, and the MÁV Symphony Orchestra has rescheduled it for a few weeks after the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth. Why is it that we love Beethoven so much? Could it be because his works are full of beautiful melodies and we discover in them an inexhaustible creative imagination. Or because his music, rather than being soothing, stirs us, making us feel like different people after hearing one of his works? Because we know of the suffering that filled his life and respect the strength with which he overcame his difficulties? Yes, for all of these reasons.

This concert will feature one of his final mammoth works: the Missa solemnis, which he composed a few years before his death. Although it was written to the text for the traditional Catholic mass, it is no piece of church music, and its dimensions also make it impossible to be performed as part of the church liturgy - just as Beethoven's own religious faith could not be compared to that of ordinary believers. His religion transcended denominations, and his God was the universe itself. For him, love meant embracing all of humanity. This idealism appears in his earlier works as well, but is fully developed here. There is no better way to recommend this work to listeners than with the words that Beethoven himself penned at the beginning of the score: 'From the heart - may it return to the heart!'

Presented by: MÁV Symphony Orchestra

Sections

  • Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123

Conductor:

  • János Kovács

Featuring:

  • soprano
    Klára Kolonits
  • alto
    Bernadett Wiedemann
  • tenor
    Attila Fekete
  • bass
    Krisztián Cser
  • Kodály Choir Debrecen (choirmaster: Máté Szabó-Sipos)
  • Cantemus Mixed Choir (choirmaster: Soma Szabó)
  • MÁV Symphony Orchestra

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