Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy, returns to Thebes to take revenge on King Pentheus who refuses to acknowledge his divine nature. Dionysus turns the city’s high-ranking women into frenzied Bacchae (Bacchantes). (The word Bacchae comes from Bacchus, the Roman equivalent of Dionysus, whose servants are called Bacchantes.) more
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The women eventually march off to Mount Cithaeron. They have in their midst Agave, the king’s mother, who turns mad and in her frenzy, tears his own son apart with her bare hands. The conflict between Dionysus and Pentheus is that between instinct and logic. When neither can moderate itself, that has a cruel consequence for humans. It is asking a key ontological question: what is a human being?
This is, perhaps, the most profound of all Greek tragedies. Euripedes’ The Bacchae drew on the Dionysus cult as a source, and became its sole theatrical relic.
In November, the concert hall of Müpa Budapest will be filled with spring birdsong.
Songs from the World (traditional songs and song arrangements by Zoltán Kodály Max Knigge, Naomi Shemer, Françoise Leleu, Michael Neaum and Arvo Pärt) Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan”
Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20 Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet, WV 68 – arranged for string orchestra Johann Georg Albrechtsberger: Trombone Concerto Georg…
Jean Sibelius: Six Songs – Sydämeni laulu (Song of My Heart), Op. 18, No. 6 Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103…
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