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classical music, opera, theatre

Christmas in Europe

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
  • Produced by Müpa Budapest
cancelled
  • Christmas organ concert
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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Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, England's Tenebrae Choir, the planned vocal ensemble for this joint Christmas organ concert with Gyula Szilágyi, is unfortunately unable to journey to Hungary. Compensating lovers of organ music instead as the Hungarian musician takes the console of Müpa Budapest's world-famous instrument will be a diverse programme rich in interesting bits of music history featuring countrymen of his - both vocalists and the trumpeter Tamás Pálfalvi. Their programme will take us from the 16th century to the 20th as we venture through many different lands: Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, England and Hungary.

Szilágyi's career so far convincingly exemplifies how precisely the word 'vocation' expresses the concept behind it: those whose task lies in a noble cause will eventually find themselves called to that activity - even if they had previously sought to make their livelihood in a different fashion. After being introduced to the mysteries of organ playing by Gábor Trajtler, the lecturer at the Institute of Music of the University of Nyíregyháza and organ professor at the Faculty of Music of the University of Debrecen studied in the Faculty of Transportion Engineering at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Nevertheless, music would 'reconquer him for itself', as he puts it: abandoning his technical studies, he spent the period between the late '80s and the turn of the millennium studying organ, piano and church music at Amsterdam's Sweelinck Academy, before performing music in Portugal and Spain for many years. After gaining around a quarter of a century's worth of experience abroad, he returned home to Hungary for good in 2011. The programme for his Christmas concert also featuring Hungarian musician friends of his will include numerous rarities by such composers as Hyeronimus Praetorius, Aguilera de Heredia, Bonifazio Gratiani, Correa Braga, Eustache du Caurroy, Bach, J. L. Krebs, Charles-Marie Widor, Max Reger, Zoltán Gárdonyi, John Reager and István Koloss - naturally, all of it Christmas music.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Sections

  • H. Praetorius: Sequentia 'Grates nunc omnes' (die nativitatis Christi) - verses 1-3
  • Aguilera de Heredia: Obra de 8º tono alto - Ensalada
  • Gratiani: Gaudia, pastores, optate - cantata for a holy Christmas
  • Correa Braga: Batalha do sexto Tom
  • Du Caurroy: Noël. Un enfant du Ciel
  • Unknown Catalan composer: Obra de clarines 8º tono, mano derecha; Diferencias sobre la gayta
  • J. S. Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr - chorale prelude, BWV 663
  • J. L. Krebs: Fantasia for trumpet and organ
  • Widor: Organ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 13, No. 2 - second movement (Pastorale)
  • Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76, No. 52
  • Zoltán Gárdonyi: Pastorale
  • John Reager: Hodie Christus natus est
  • 'When God's Angel Appeared to Mary' - Advent folk songs from the Vojvodina
  • 'Have Mercy, Little Baby' - Christmas folk songs
  • Koloss: A Hungarian Christmas

Featuring:

  • organ
    Gyula Szilágyi
  • soprano
    Emília Albert, Anna Varga
  • mezzo-soprano
    Diána Hajdú
  • trumpet
    Tamás Pálfalvi

the Boróka Vocal Ensemble of the University of Nyíregyháza's Institute of Music:

  • folk singing
    Emília Albert, Kinga Gaál, Erika Juhász, Anna Varga
  • zither
    Klára Dudás
  • artistic director
    Erika Juhász

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