The mupa.hu website uses cookies and other codes to ensure the proper functioning of the website, to enhance the user experience on the website and to help us analyse the website to provide you with relevant, personalised offers. For more information, please see our privacy notice.

Accept all Manage cookies

Please wait, the auditorium will be refilled soon

family and youth events

Mathematics in Music: Pythagoras's String

one interval
Festival Theatre
  • Produced by Müpa Budapest
  • MATINÉE CONCERTS

Ticket prices


Please note that by buying tickets you are accepting the house rules at Müpa Budapest, which also include the latest regulations and security rules. You can read further details and find key information on this page.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Add to calendar

Add this event to your Google Calendar.

Now the ancient Greeks too... The name Pythagoras is a familiar one to high school students, but what relatively few people know is that he was responsible for more than simply one of the theorems of Euclidian geometry. His contemporaries referred to the great pre-Socratic thinker as the "father of numbers", for in his view mathematics were the most important science. His ideas enjoyed a millenium-long career. On this occasion, following his teachings, our experts will talk about the numerical connections found in medieval vocal and instrumental music and illustrate them by playing them as well.

Pythagoras founded a school of philosophy in the Greek city of Kroton in southern Italy and was surrounded by adulation of nearly religious fervour. A classic story relates how music and numbers came to occupy such a central role in his life. It was supposedly with the mathematician's dramatic involvement that Kroton defeated the city of Sybaris in 510 BC: when the appropriate music was played to them, the enemy's horses began to prance as if dancing, making it impossible to defend the city. The Pythagoreans, the philosopher's followers, considered the phenomena of the world to be comprehensible on the basis of arithmetic and geometric regularities. Pythagoras became the first person in the history of science to mathematise his practical experiences when he expressed the intervals of chords in terms of the ratios of string lengths. Numbers and ratios are our entire world, and they also constitute the foundation stone of the arts and science. Speaking of the numerical nature of notes, intervals, tones and harmonies, conductor János Bali, who holds qualifications both as a mathematician and a recorder-player, serves as the artistic director of the A:N:S Chorus and is a specialist in Renaissance vocal polyphony. He and his colleagues, along with Szilveszter Szélpál, who will present items of musical and historical interest, will be sharing fascinating information with the audience.

Age: 12-18 year
Presented by: Müpa Budapest

Sections

  • Suzoy: Pictagoras, Jabol et Orpheüs - ballade
  • Frye: Ave Regina Celorum
  • L'chu n'ran'nal'Adonai - Excerpt from the 95th Psalm
  • Virgen Madre gloriosa - from the manuscript of the codex Cantigas de Santa Maria
  • Dufay: Il sera par vous / L'homme armé - rondeau rustique
  • Dufay: Gloria ad modum tubae
  •  
  • Busnoys: Missa L'homme armé - Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus

Featuring:

  • voice, psalterium
    Emese Gyöngyvér Tóth
  • voice
    Zoltán Gavodi, Péter Patay
  • lute
    Igor Davidovics
  • harp
    Anasztázia Razvaljajeva
  • natural trumpet
    László Borsódy
  • trombone
    Ferenc Kócziás, Béla Koppányi
  • moderator
    Szilveszter Szélpál
  • music expert/conductor
    János Bali
  • A:N:S Chorus (aristic director: János Bali)

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.

Safe ticket purchase

Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.

Related events

MUS-E - Music from here and beyond

Stairway Hall

Busy with music

Blue Hall

The Flavours of Europe - French Gourmet

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

The Flavours of Europe - Scandinavian Delights

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Partners
Ugrás az oldal tetejére