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EVERY EVENING PROGRAM CAN BE GREAT, LET ALONE THIS EVENING LET YOUR HEART AND SOUL GET IT’S BEST AT THE PALACE OF ART, BUDAPEST!

April, 6. 2012.

at the Béla Bartók – National Concert Hall

(http://mupa.hu/en/bartok-bela-nemzeti-hangversenyterem)

The concert begins at 7.30 p.m. last till 10 p.m. 

Address: IXth. District – 1, Komor Marcell str. Budapest

Phone number: (36 -1-555-3001 or +36-1- 555-3002)

(Opposite to the National Theater. Here’s a map to show you around: http://mupa.hu/en/megkozelithetoseg/

On this evening’s program, the Hungarian National Philharmonic (http://www.filharmonikusok.hu/english) : Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (suite, op. 64)

and

Brahms-Schönberg: Piano Quartet in G-minor, Arnold Scheonberg’s  transciption for orchestra.

Mr. Mattias Barnert, Swiss conductor will be leading the Hungarian National Philharmonic.

In the first part of the concert, Prokofiev’s suite will be performed in a version never heard before in Hungary.

The second half features classical music, but again not in its original form.

The Piano Quartet – orchestra transcription

(“ Johannes Brahms was one of Arnold Schoenberg’s main examples. He dedicated several writings to the composer, taught his students the elderly maestro’s compositional techniques and in 1937 he transcribed for symphony orchestra Brahms’s G-minor Piano Quartet (1861). When asked, just before the premiere, why he had chosen this particular work and what he had in mind when transcribing it, he replied, ‘My reasons: 1. I like this piece. 2. It is seldom played. 3. It is always very badly played, because the better the pianist, the louder he plays and you hear nothing from the strings. I wanted once to hear everything, and this I achieved. My intentions: 1. To remain strictly in the style of Brahms and not to go father than he himself would have gone if he lived today. 2. To watch carefully all these laws which Brahms obeyed […].’ Schoenberg changed nothing in the music of the great German master, and the performance apparatus roughly corresponds to a Brahmsian orchestra. The translucent orchestration allows for every part and every small detail to be heard, and consequently the sonority is perplexingly evocative of Brahms’s symphonies. The listener experiences a curious illusion of hearing a symphony where there is in fact no symphony, as if he or she were hearing Brahms, but it is in fact not Brahms, since there is no real passage between the different musical eras. If Brahms had wanted to compose a symphony, obviously he would have conceived a completely different work in terms of music and form. The transcription is no more and no less than what the composer intended: a compositional bravura and a curiosity to the audiences of today.

Mr. Matthias Bamert

Matthias Bamert studied music in his native Switzerland, as well as in Darmstadt and Paris, falling in with the likes of Boulez and Stockhausen; these associations can be well detected in his own compositions. He assisted Stokowski at the American Symphony Orchestra in 1970 and 1971, then joined the Cleveland Orchestra’s conducting staff under the leadership of  Music Director Lorin Maazel. Later on he was Music Director of the Swiss Radio Orchestra, then began making a wider reputation across Europe. He was principal guest conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Bamert served as Artistic Director of the Lucerne Festival (1992 -1998), where he made inroads in thematic programming and of the London Mozart Players (1993 – 2000). A prolific recording artist, Bamert has made over 80 discs, many of which have won international prizes.”)

Seats can be reserved through the Internet, via on their website: http://mupa.hu/en/jegyvasarlasi-lehetosegek/  or can also personally get your tickets at the Place of Art’s at cashbox.

Just wish to mention:  tickets can be redeemed on the day of the performance by bringing along a print-out copy of the e/mail as the voucher and at the entrance just flip it at the ticket machine and there you go.

There are still a couple of tickets available for the a/m concert, so if you wish to be there, just go for it.

Wish all the tourist spending their Easter holidays in Budapest to have a fine and relaxing holiday and most of all your eyes to enjoy this beautiful environment at the Palace of Art and the fascinating sound for your ears.

Update by Aggie Reiter

The owner and the gallery is named after Mr. Ari S. Kupsus, the Finnish entrepreneur.

Address: VIIth District, 23/b Bródy Sándor str.  Budapest

You are cordially invited to the forthcoming exhibition opening on:

April, 16. Hungarian language

April 19.  English language

They both start at 6.30 p.m.

The entry fee is 1.000HUF (for students 500HUF)

“An Ancient Dawn”-titled

presentation

by Ms. Beáta Székely

She will be holding a presentation upon her research work in Transylvania. Her paintings express her love and importance for the Transylvanian culture. The guests will be able to personally ask her questions about the paintings.

All the income goes for the fund to help Beata to continue with her research in Kolozsvár area.  The seats are limited, so be sure to  make  an early bird reservation by passing your request through an e-mail: ari@arikupsusgallery.com or personally give a call: +36-20-322 0334.

During the evening wine will be sponsored by: Sumegi Keller Kft.

To get equainted with the gallery’s previouly held and the line ups of exhibition can be viewed at the Gallery’s web site: www.arikupsusgallery.com

Also continuously followed on Facebook: www.facebook.com/arikupsusgallery

Update by Aggie Reiter

CLIMATE PROTECTION AND ENERGY SAVING!

It was in 2007,  Australia originated a campaign and brought in actions as to protect our World’s climate. Now-a-days this act had become a protection movement.

 Between 8.30 p.m. to  9.30 p.m. local time in Hungary the decorative lighting will go out!

Those arriving to the Chain bridge area (Budapest) awaits colorful programs! Just a hint: During the sixty minutes of darkness there will be fire jugglers, African drummers and light graffiti! More to that, a  bike will transform human energy into electricity. The energy generated by battery will upload and during the darkest hour it will be switched to the DJ desk, whereas the DJ will spread the music rolling in the deep dark hour!

Last year, with a number of 1.8 billion people “switched off the lights” in throughout 135 countries in having to join the campaign at millions of households and many world-wide known buildings. The Globe slowly  will fall into the shade of darkness for an hour. Rolling around the World  as the clock’s hands reach the pointed hour: The Sydney’s Opera House (even Bondi Beach), the Leaning Tower of Pisa,  the Buckingham Palace, the Big Ben in London, the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, the Acropolis of Athens, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome and the Empire State Building and the entire Times Square, in the United States will be in full darkness.

The awareness-raising campaign opened the eyes of the inhabitants of our planet  to vote for and fight against climate change which was also a call by the WWF  in the same year of 2007!

Hungary has joined over  six years to this campaign from the spark of the idea. This year, as to the previous ones, Budapest’s main attractions,  the awesome historic monuments and building’s will be shinning with the illuminated rays of light, pre-darkness at: The Parliament,  The Chain Bridge with the other nine bridges crossing the River Danube in Budapest, the Buda Castle, the Fisherman’s Bastle, The New York Palace, the Hero Square, the National Theater. Lights turned off is not just a unique act at Budapest. Throughout the country in the same hour, towns, villages, settlements, cities will join this campaign. At the City of Kaposvár, the Cathedral of Our Lady, the Fancy “Gaudy” Palace the “Cifrapalota” at the city of Kecskemét, the Cathedral of Eger, just to mention a couple of outstanding, sophisticated  scenes and buildings in Hungary.

The astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) will take snaps and videotape from their height, as the continents fall into deep darkness,  one after another following the different time zones areas.  For those who wish to follow this amazing sight for the eye can click to the website of the European Space Agency (ESA) to view the recordings.

The Aussie supermodel Ms. Miranda Kerr, promised she will give a yoga classes for free, to 500 people, if they show their  support in sharing their own uploaded video on YT.  According to another promise, the Greenpeace International’s CEO, Kumi Naidoo will green paint his beard, if 10.000 of  individuals will register on the International Earth Hour website.

Last year in Hungary approximately three thousand individuals, more than 70 municipalities and 250 institutions indicated their support to the campaign at the Earth Hour webpage.

The local WWF Earth Hour main contributors are the Allianz Co., Coca-Cola Hungary and the Magyar Telekom Group.

Well it seems IF we really want to do something good for ourselves and for the World we live in,  then within uniting co-operation the good cause can reach its goal!

Update by Aggie Reiter

I WONDER, WHICH GOLF PLAYER WOULDN’T HAVE HAD THIS PICTURE IN HIS/HER DREAMS IN PUTTING GREEN!?!

The summer greens will surely come but in the meantime to gain the experiences is just out at our fingertips, as to visit during this week-end the MOM Park Shopping Center at Budapest.

There are so many scene to be held a press gathering, but this time the opening of the year’s golf season had been selected at an unusual site. No, not outdoor, but furnished indoor at the ground level of the MOM Park Shopping Center, Budapest. The visitors were greeted by Ms. Monika Bednár, main organizer of the event.

The Hungarian Golf Association seekerS is to promote an event with interactive possibilities of golf, and found an awesome partner within the MOM Park’s team.

The MOM Shopping Center  welcomes at the ground level all visitors to gain experiences with joining at the interactive golf days. Their main goal is to popularise the game of golf in Hungary.

Events days/time:

Friday: from noon till 7 p.m.

Saturday: 11 a.m. till 7 p.m.

Sunday: 11 a.m. till 4 p.m.

To participate at these programs it is free of charge.

Depending on the weather will be an outdoor golf experiences rolling up.

Stay and play golf, spending a golfy week-end! Beginners and professional can stroll over to the MOM Park Shopping Center and enjoy these interactive fields of green grass programs offer.

The press representatives were told the following: There has been a developed educational program for school kids as to acquire players within its  framework. This  is available even for the small kids to learn the basics of golf. There are pretty good results coming in from the foreign experiences. Of course success will not fall in anyone’s laps, needs a lot of practise, hard work, not to mention the continuous co-operation which is pretty much-needed among the participants in our homeland, the life of golf.  Mr. Andrew Súgár, President of the Hungarian Golf Association has high hopes that within four years, thousands of children will have a chance to learn and be out on the golf’s green grass. He also stated: “The Hungarian golf is a pioneer in terms of sport events and also I have deep hopes in sharing a lot of fun with everyone.”

Here is a couple of snaps to what to expect, to see and practice during this week-end at the MOM Park Shopping Center. But before rolling down the page, see some of the little kids who passed by at to-day’s press conference practising the stand, hold, shot, controlled by a golf trainer. Could be, within a decade these kids will be hunting for the scores.

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You can take part in the programs on the spot. The  Starting New At Golf (SNAG),   that will  also be implemented at the school’s,  as a golf program! The local PE teachers will receive theoretical and practical pre-trainings and will be able to teach the kids the SNAG in a playful form within their physical education.

Simulator: The three-sided slopes of varying difficulty simulator offers an opportunitity to try out and have an exciting experience for both beginners and professional athletes.

There is also a ground to gain experience of chip technology, as to practice in having a short game with the precise impact that hits the net.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST…

For many already well-known, the year 2016 holds the Summer Olympics Games that will be in Rio and since the golf games  became a part of  the olympics games we can track the grand golfers by following their games on the green grass fields.

Hope these kids of to-day will be our future Hungarian  Mr. Tiger Woods and Ms. Annika Sörenstams.

Update and snaps by Aggie Reiter