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Season ticlets purchased online can be collected at the customer service of National Radio (Budapest 8th district, 8 Pollack Mihály square, office hours Mon to Thur 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fri 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.) or at the office of Jegymester (Budapest 6th district, 31 Bajcsy-Zsilinszky street, office hours Mon to Fri 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

A series of three concerts at the parish church of Terézváros (6th district of Budapest) named after Saint Theresa of Avila

Great oratorios in an authentic environment by composers such as the director of the choir of the legendary St. Thomas Church, Johann Sebastian Bach as well as Giacomo Puccini known mostly for his operas.

Saturday 12 December 2009, 7 p.m.
Schumann: Requiem, op. 148
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Haydn: Mass in B major, "Heiligmesse", Hob. XXII:10
MR Choir (director: Csaba Somos)
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

Saturday 30 January 2010, 7 p.m.
Verdi: Quattro pezzi sacri
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
MR Choir
Conductor: Csaba Somos

Saturday 27 March 2010, 2 p.m.
Bach: Passion of St. Matthew, BWV 244
MR Choir (director: Csaba Somos) and MR Children Choir (director: Gabriella Thész)
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

Six concerts of MR (Magyar Rádió i.e. National Radio) Symphony Orchestra

MR Symphony Orchestra opens the season at the Music Academy on the International Music Day, 1st October. The six concerts of the series will bring contemporary Hungarian and American composers, great romantic orchestra-based opera, precious classical pieces as well as famous, popular guest artists. American born conductor Stephen D'Agostino gives new drive to performances.

1 October 2009, 7.30 p.m. - Liszt Ferenc Music Academy
Dohnányi: American rhapsody, op. 47
Mozart: Piano concerto in D minor, K. 466
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major
Dezső Ránki – piano
Adrienn Miks – vocal
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

3 November 2009, 7.30 p.m. - Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
Barber: School for Scandal – Overture (Hungarian debut)
Richard Strauss: Four last songs
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor op. 64
Eszter Sümegi - vocal
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

1 December 2009, 7.30 p.m. - Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn, op. 56a
Respighi: Adagio with variations for cello
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a rococo theme, op. 33
Elgar: Enigma variations, op. 36
Miklós Perényi - cello
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

21 January 2010, 7.30 p.m. - Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
Magyar Szimfonikus Körkép
Melis László: Over..re...ami megmaradt belőle...(ősbemutató)
Stravinsky: Firebird suite (1919)
Sarasate: Gipsy songs
Ravel: Mother goose suite
Daphnis and Chloé suite 2
Lajos Sárközi - violin
MR Choir (director: Csaba Somos)
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

22 February 2010, 7.30 p.m. - Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
Borodin: Polovec dances
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante, K. 364/320d
Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C minor, op. 68
Barnabás Kelemen - violin
Katalin Kokas – viola
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

4 May 2010, 7.30 p.m. - Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
Tchedrin: The horse - suite (arr. D'Agostino)
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini
Verdi: Sicilian vespers - overture
Humperdinck: Love scene from "The merchant of Venice"
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Andrew Armstrong - piano
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

Approaching 60th anniversary of MR Choir will be celebrated with a concert series of a cappella pieces at the Military Museum.

The audience will be gifted with thematically listed, rarely performed delicacies in festive atmosphere.

Saturday, 26 September 2009, 7 p.m. - "In memoriam Richard Strauss and Josef Rheinberger"
Richard Strauss: Sieben Lieder
Josef Rheinberger: Mass in E flat major
Hans von Bülow: Ewige Sehnsucht
Richard Strauss: Die Göttin im Putzzimmer
Conductor: István Párkai

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 7 p.m. - "Death dance - Witch dance"
Tamás Matyó: The girl who danced to death
Hugo Diestler: Totentanz
Mäntyjärvi: Four Shakespeare Songs – 1. Come Away Death; 3. Double, Double
Jenő Pertis: Two ballads from Háromszék
Conductor: Csaba Somos

Saturday, 13 March 2010, 7 p.m. - "Modern choral music"
Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de Penitence - Tenebrae factae sunt
Paul Hindemith: Judaskuss
Messiaen: O sacrum convivium
Levente Gyöngyösi: Venite exultemus Domino
Alfred Schnittke: Three chorals - Otcse nás
János Vajda: Tristis est anima mea
György Orbán: Veni creator spiritus
Conductor: Csaba Somos

The season ticket includes a gift ticket to the anniversary concert of MR Choir on 26th February 2010.

Four concerts of MR Symphony Orchestra at the National Museum.

A blend of classic values and romantic pieces in a beautiful environment.

Friday, 16 October 2009, 7.30 p.m.
Mendelssohn: Hebrides – overture
violin concerto in E minor, op. 64
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Kristóf Baráti – violin
MR Choir (director: Csaba Somos)
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

Friday, 13 November 2009, 7.30 p.m.
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B major, Hob. I:105
Haydn: Mass in C major, Hob. XXII:9 "Paukenmesse"
Gergely Hamar – oboe, Katalin Kokas – violin, Zsanett Pfujd – bassoon, Bálint Maróth – cello
MR Choir (director: Csaba Somos)
Conductor: György Vashegyi

Friday, 8 January 2010, 7.30 p.m.
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings, op. 48
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

Friday, 9 April 2010, 7.30 p.m.
Stravinsky: Pulcinella – suite
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 297b
Brahms: Serenade No 2 in A major, op. 16
Gabriella Hegyesi – flute, Ottó Rácz – oboe, Zoltán Varga – French horn , Andrea Horváth – bassoon
Conductor: Stephen D'Agostino

on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

The chamber music is a joyful trip for all artists. The soloists of Hungarian Radio Symphony regularly appear in chamber music. They made a diverse selection for five concerts. There will be some with virtuoso instrumental skills and others in which the well-known and popular motifs evoke the largest audience to see.

As well the contemporary music could not be missing, which is often one world premiere.

Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 7 p.m.
Haydn, Nielsen, György Orbán, Wagner

Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 7 p.m.
Haydn, Stamitz, Brahms

Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 7 p.m.
Dvorák, Glazunov, David Noon, Henk de Vlieger

Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 7 p.m.
Mozart, Schubert

Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 7 p.m.
J.S. Bach, Leclair, Mendelssohn

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