A Giving of Thanks – the Hungarian National Philharmonic’s Christmas concert

Thursday, 23 December 2021, 7.30 pm
Approx. until 9.30 pm
Müpa Budapest – Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Non-season ticket concert / 3

A Giving of Thanks – the Hungarian National Philharmonic’s Christmas concert

Otto Nicolai: Weihnachts-Ouvertüre über den Choral “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her”
George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto in B-flat major, op. 4, HWV 294
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

Klára Kolonits soprano
Andrea Meláth alto
István Horváth tenor
István Kovács bass
Ádám Tabajdi organ

Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Henrik Nánási

We don’t just play music on holidays! We also do it on the days leading up to them! Christmas, humanity’s greatest holiday and one that gets people on five continents into a state of spiritual harmony, is unimaginable without music. This concert of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hungarian National Choir, headlined by an outstanding vocal quartet and a wonderful organist, not to mention conducted by a young Hungarian conductor who is pursuing a successful career abroad, will feature a great variety of music, ranging from rarely heard treats to repertoire standards.