Name: 16th Budapest International Choral Competition - Opening Concert
Start: 2017-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-04-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Müpa Budapest

Artist

Admin

Choreographer

András Nádasdy

Costume designer

Nóra Árva

Set designer

Éva Szendrényi

Singer

Soprano

Ildikó Földesi

Maid

Conductor

Gábor Hollerung

Stage director

Sylvie Gabor

Bass

Krisztián Cser

Jesus

Tenor

László Kálmán

Evangelist

István Kovács

Pilate

István Horváth

Peter

Orchestra

Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok

Müpa Budapest

Others

Budapest Academic Choral Society

Cantemus Mixed Choir

Zita Szemere

Mary Magdalene

Lúcia Megyesi Schwartz

Mary

German

16th Budapest International Choral Competition - Opening Concert

Budapest

Hungary

Béla Bartók National Concert Hall

St. John Passion, BWV 245 Bach, J. S.

Public

St John Passion

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

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Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

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Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

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Hairstylist

Illustrator

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Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

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Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

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Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Bach: St John Passion - staged production: Johannes-Passion Bach,JS

Bach: St John Passion - staged production

The opening concert of the Budapest International Choral Competition will feature a dramatic version of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion (BWV 245), which was premièred last year to great success. In this work, the composer employs chronological techniques familiar from spoken drama and opera: speeding up the pace of the story, the Evangelist summarises events as the scenes unfold in real time with nearly operatic dramaturgy. Meanwhile, the chorus, symbolising the crowd in the story, takes the leading role. Time is stopped periodically by the soloists, as they each comment on the events and relay the emotions of a contemporary believer. An additional dimension is timelessness, that is, the current present, which throws back the reflections of the listeners of any era. The chorales performed here depict eternity on one hand, while also offering an experience of the most noble sense of communal togetherness on the other.
The fully staged production brings to life the events of the passion according to the operatic dramaturgy implicit in the work, while the characters of the story are personified in the arias. As the Nyíregyházi Cantemus Mixed Choir portrays the multitude on stage, the Budapest Academic Choral Society situated among the audience will sing out the chorales that elevate this story to the level of the eternal.
There is good reason why Bach's St John Passion is one of the most popular oratorios in music history. With the thrill of an opera performance and the boundless dimensions of Bach's power of dramatic expression, the concert will endeavour to bestow on the audience of listeners and viewers the most sublime of all humanistic experiences.

English

16th Budapest International Choral Competition - Opening Concert by Bach, J. S., From (2017/2017), Directed by Sylvie Gabor,, Conductor Gábor Hollerung, Müpa Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

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