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family and youth events

Elemental emotions in music - Sadness

Festival Theatre
  • Produced by Müpa Budapest
cancelled
  • MATINÉE CONCERTS
The performance has been cancelled.

We regret to inform our esteemed audience that the concert has been cancelled. We will refund the price of tickets: you can claim refunds for individual tickets by clicking here, and for tickets that are part of season tickets on this page.

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It is a basic emotion, but one we would prefer to stay away from. Yet sadness is a necessary and inevitable feeling in all of our lives. In each case, it indicates some kind of loss, often associated with the moment of farewell: saying goodbye to a friend, friend, home, or even life itself. It has proved to be a serious and even sombre source of inspiration, and it certainly does not take long to come across melancholic sounds within classical music. Our selection is made accordingly.

Don't be alarmed by the topic, however, as sadness inherently encompasses the possibility of a fresh start. As wounds heal, people instinctively begin to examine how they could improve their life and the life of their loved ones. Living through and experiencing great contrasts can help that process. Experts say it is actually harmful to struggle against uncomfortable memories. Sadness and mourning must be experienced, they must be understood. So let us not be ashamed of our tears, we must allow our emotions to take their course! And let us not feel embarrassed if we blush when listening to the show. Besides some major symbolic farewell scenes from the history of music (such as the death of Åse or the farewell of Dido), the concert will also contain renditions of heartbreaking inserts of instrumental music, as well as excepts from Tchaikovsky's and Chopin's more sombre works. The host and moderator, the opera singer Szilveszter Szélpál, will help us to discover the subtle shades of this seemingly uniform emotion.

Before the performance, between 9.45 and 10.30, we will be running a free (and playful) interactive session for children entitled Tune-up. We look forward to welcoming both school groups and individual school-age youngsters attending the subsequent performance. Please register via csip@mupa.hu by midnight on the Wednesday before the performance, specifying the number of participating children and their ages. The activity is recommended for children aged 6 and over, and will take place with a minimum of six children.

Age: 10-14 year
Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Sections

  • Tchaikovsky: Children's Album, Op. 39, No. 7 - The Doll's Funeral
  • Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48, No. 10 - Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen
  • Chopin: Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3
  • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, No. 2 - Åse's Death
  • Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - When I am laid in earth (Dido's Farewell), Z. 626
  • Elgar: Serenade in E minor, Op. 60 - II. Larghetto
  • Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Conductor:

  • Ádám Cser

Featuring:

  • voice, presenter
    Szilveszter Szélpál
  • Budapest Strings

Parking information

We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.

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