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Symphonic Concert: The Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer

Franz Schubert and the Music of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Programme

Transylvanian Folk Music from Bonchida – traditional

István Kádár (violin)
András Szabó (viola)
Zsolt Fejérvári (double bass)

Jenő Lisztes (cimbal)

Franz Schubert (→ bio)
Symphony No. 5 – Movement 1

Klezmer music – Freilach

Ákos Ács (clarinet)

Franz Schubert (→ bio)
Symphony No. 5 – Movement 2

Serbian Folk Music

Salamon Eredics (recorder, accordion)
Benjámin Eredics (tambura brač)
Áron Eredics (tamboura )

INTERMISSION

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (→ bio)
Selections from Six German Dances, K. 571

Franz Schubert (→ bio)
Symphony No. 5 – Movement 3

Antonín Dvořák (→ bio)
Moravian Duets – Možnost, Věneček, Hoře

Mirella Hagen (soprano)
Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo-soprano)

Franz Schubert (→ bio)
Symphony No. 5 – Movement 4

Franz Liszt (→ bio) – Franz Doppler
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Jenő Lisztes (cimbalom)

The event is about 150 minutes long.

About the programme

A fascinating musical journey through the Austro-Hungarian region, bringing Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 together with traditional Transylvanian, Serbian and Klezmer music, Mozart, Dvořák and Liszt. Performed by an exceptional group of musicians, it promises an evening of extraordinary variety, from intimate folk traditions to some of the great works of the classical repertoire.