(…) French composers also enjoyed a prominent position at the festival, strengthened partly through the Berlioz Jubilee and partly the resonances of FranciaArt. In my opinion, the performance of Romeo and Juliet by the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Choir was a premiere event not just of the festival but of international concert life. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2003
(…) French composers also enjoyed a prominent position at the festival, strengthened partly through the Berlioz Jubilee and partly the resonances of FranciaArt. In my opinion, the performance of Romeo and Juliet by the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Choir was a premiere event not just of the festival but of international concert life. […]
Accentuating the Positive
In what would turn out to be his last filmed interview, Georg Solti expounded on his assertion that only Hungarians could properly perform the works of Bartók. As a forceful example, the maestro played the first few measures of Duke Bluebeard's Castle on the piano in the style that we have all come to appreciate […]
The Hungarian National Philharmonic wows at BJU
A csütörtök esti koncert zenéje a Magyar Nemzeti Filharmonikusok előadásában elsöprő erővel, tökéletes összhangban csendült fel. A tidal wave of sound burst from the precisely tuned Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra on Thursday night. It was a resplendent sound both in its volume and its clarity as the orchestra deluged the enormous Bob Jones University Amphitorium […]