Maraton: Északi romantika — Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar

Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61 Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58

Elective Affinities Béla Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Sz. 73 BB 82 – stage performance with the Éva Duda Company; Bluebeard’s Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62

“One is only an instrument played by the universe. A symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything”, said Mahler, and this closeness to nature seems most manifest in his Symphony No. 3. The last time that the longest symphony in the history of music was performed by Mahler specialist Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra was ten years ago.