Our task is to form veritable talents who possess the necessary gifts to become masters, without attending to the ungifted mediocrity.

Liszt to Giovanni Sgambati
Budapest Festival Orchestra

10 January 2020, 19.45-22.00

Grand Hall

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Vivaldi: La Sena Festeggiante – serenata, RV 693

Emőke Baráth (soprano), Sonia Prina (alto), Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Budapest Festival Orchestra (artistic director: Jonathan Cohen)

British expert of Baroque music Jonathan Cohen, who has regularly conducted the Budapest Festival Orchestra, reveals the functioning of international diplomacy in the 18th century through this pertinent, fabulous work of Vivaldi. Soprano Emőke Baráth, who also performed at the Hungarian première of the piece, is one of the artists involved in tonight’s recital, which is rarely heard in this country.

Presented by

Budapest Festival Orchestra

Tickets:

HUF 3 000, 4 000, 5 000, 7 100, 11 800