Program


HOLIDAY ANTICIPATION – The Hungarian National Philharmonic’s Christmas Concert

HOLIDAY ANTICIPATION – The Hungarian National Philharmonic’s Christmas Concert

On the night before Christmas Eve, what else could the Hungarian National Philharmonic and the Hungarian National Choir perform to create a sublime festive mood other than the music of Bach? In addition to the first three cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio, we will also get to hear another cantata by the great Baroque composer that is also related to…  more

Nincs aktuális előadás

Ön egy múltbeli eseményre keresett rá. Kérjük, válogasson aktuális kínálatunkból a Jegy.hu keresőjében!

Last event date: Friday, December 23 2022 7:30PM

Conducting the programme will be the most capable Hungarian conductor of the early music repertoire, György Vashegyi, and the cast of vocal soloists are also among the country’s very finest artists working in the area of historically informed performance .

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio comprises six cantatas, and not only can they be played separately, they were never played one after the other over the course of a single performance in their own time either, as they are pieces intended for use in church services, with each of them applying to a different day of the Christmas holidays and reflecting the thinking and spiritual content that applies to that day. This concert features the first half of the oratorio, meaning the first three cantatas: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (“Shout for joy, exult, rise up, praise the day”), Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (“And there were shepherds in the same environ”) and Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen (“Ruler of heaven, hear our babble”) relate to the first three days of Christmas, Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt (“Sweet comfort, my Jesus comes”), being performed between the second and third cantatas was also written for the third day of Christmas.

The four soloists – Emőke Baráth, Eszter Balogh, Zoltán Megyesi and Lóránt Najbauer – are regular contributors to productions conducted by György Vashegyi, and thus will convey with full authenticity the stylistic concept represented by the key personality behind historically informed early music performance in Hungary.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio – first cantata (Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage), BWV 248/1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio – second cantata (Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend), BWV 248/2
***
Johann Sebastian Bach: Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt – cantata, BWV 151
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio – third cantata (Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen), BWV 248/3

Emőke Baráth soprano
Eszter Balogh alto
Zoltán Megyesi tenor
Lóránt Najbauer bass

Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: György Vashegyi

 

 

Our offer


A 60-minute tour starts every day at 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30 in English. To request a tour in other languages (Italian, Spanish, German, French and Hungarian), please get in touch with the OperaTour team. Please note that the auditorium is closed for visits during rehearsals. Guided tours are not available during performances.

Az előadás arról szól, milyen hazugságban élni, hazugságban leélni egy életet, és milyen, ha ezt a hatalmi elit különféle rétegeinek való megfelelés kényszeríti ránk. (Kovács Bálint)

Warning! The basket time limit is about to expire!
estimated time left:
00:00

item(s) in basket

total:


Time limit has expired. Please, put item(s) in to basket again.