TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker

Original, uncut version with life-size puppets

Choreography: Kató Szőnyi, János Meczner

Budapest Puppet Theatre

Childen’s Chorus of the Kodály Hungarian Choir School

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker

Original, uncut version with life-size puppets

Choreography: Kató Szőnyi, János Meczner

Budapest Puppet Theatre

Childen’s Chorus of the Kodály Hungarian Choir School

Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker

(A theatrical adaptation based on the booklet by Dumas and music by Tchaikovsky)

Artistic director: Géraldine Aliberti

Lighting: Grégoire Delafont, Philippe Berthomé

Elodie Sicard – dancer

Régis Royer – comedian

Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

Gergely Madaras

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker

(A theatrical adaptation based on the booklet by Dumas and music by Tchaikovsky)

Artistic director: Géraldine Aliberti

Lighting: Grégoire Delafont, Philippe Berthomé

Elodie Sicard – dancer

Régis Royer – comedian

Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

Gergely Madaras

KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta

KODÁLY: Háry János – excerpts
KODÁLY: Summer Evening
KODÁLY: Psalmus Hungaricus

István Horváth – tenor

Hungarian National Choir

Choir of the Paragvár Street Primary School

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

COOKE: The Twilight People (world premiere)

KODÁLY: Missa Brevis

DOVE: Seek Him That Make the Seven Stars

MACMILLAN: A New Song

MEALOR: To Seek Where Shadows Are

JACKSON: Winter Heavens

BBC Singers

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

SAINT-SAENS: Cello concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

CHABRIER: España

DE FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat – Suites Nos. 1 & 2

RAVEL: Bolero

László Pólus – cello

Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera)

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

OFFENBACH: Fantasio

Fantasio – Katija Dragojevic

Le roi de Bavière – Boris Grappe

La princesse Elsbeth – Melody Louledjian

Le prince de Mantoue – Pierre Doyen

Marinoni – Loïc Félix

Spark – Philippe Estèphe

Hartmann – Fabrice Farina

Flamel – Carine Séchaye

Rutten/Le Tailleur/Le Garde Suisse – Bruno Bayeux

Director: Thomas Jolly

Set design: Thibaut Fack

Costumes: Sylvette Dequest

Lights: Antoine Travert

Chœur du Grand Théâtre
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Gergely Madaras – conductor

KODÁLY: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (The Peacock)

BRITTEN: Piano Concerto

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird (1945 version)

Steven Osborne – piano

The Ulster Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BBC Philharmonic, BBC Radio Drama and BBC Radio 3: A Clockwork Orange

CAST LIST

Samuel Edward-Cook

Edward Leigh

Wesley Charles

Robbie Fallon

Ian Bartholomew

Sévan Stephan

Sue Jenkins

Ibinabo Jack

Jonathan Keeble

Paul Barnhill

BBC Philharmonic

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BBC Philharmonic, BBC Radio Drama and BBC Radio 3: A Clockwork Orange

CAST LIST

Samuel Edward-Cook

Edward Leigh

Wesley Charles

Robbie Fallon

Ian Bartholomew

Sévan Stephan

Sue Jenkins

Ibinabo Jack

Jonathan Keeble

Paul Barnhill

BBC Philharmonic

Gergely Madaras – conductor

DEBUSSY: Petite Suite

RAVEL: Ma mère l’Oye (Suite)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major

Andrea Rost – soprano

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

Season opening concert

DEBUSSY: Petite Suite
RAVEL: Ma mère l’Oye (Suite)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G major

Andrea Rost – soprano

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

“Loud vision, colourful hearing”

Gergely’s interactive laboratory with the Savaria Symphony Orchestra

RAVEL: Ma mère l’Oye (suite)

(Accesible from age 6 and upwards)

BARTÓK: Transylvanian Dances, Sz. 96, BB 102b

KODÁLY-KOCSIS: Árva madár (“Lonely Bird”)

BARTÓK: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 100, BB 107 – Ballad

KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta

BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76

KODÁLY-KOCSIS: Puciné (“Mrs Puci”)

BARTÓK-KOCSIS: 20 Hungarian Folk Songs, Sz. 92, BB 98 – Slow Dance

KODÁLY: Kálló Double Dance

Gabriella Balga – mezzosoprano

András Palerdi – bass

Júlia Kubinyi, Anna Csizmadia – traditional folk voice

Presented by Ferenc Sebő

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Szalonna Folk Band

Czifra Folk Dance Ensemble
Gergely Madaras – conductor

BARTÓK: Transylvanian Dances, Sz. 96, BB 102b

KODÁLY-KOCSIS: Árva madár (“Lonely Bird”)

BARTÓK: Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 100, BB 107 – Ballad

KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta

BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76

KODÁLY-KOCSIS: Puciné (“Mrs Puci”)

BARTÓK-KOCSIS: 20 Hungarian Folk Songs, Sz. 92, BB 98 – Slow Dance

KODÁLY: Kálló Double Dance

Gabriella Balga – mezzosoprano

András Palerdi – bass

Júlia Kubinyi, Anna Csizmadia – traditional folk voice

Presented by Ferenc Sebő

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Szalonna Folk Band

Czifra Folk Dance Ensemble
Gergely Madaras – conductor

BIZET: L’arlésienne – suite

FAURÉ: Messe de Requiem, Op.48

Elena Galitskaya – soprano

Benoît Arnould – baritone

Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

Choir of the Opera de Dijon

Gergely Madaras – conductor

SIBELIUS: Finlandia

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy

H.C. LUMBYE: Goodnight Polka

H.C. LUMBYE: Champagne Galop

H.C. LUMBYE: Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop

SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1

Elaine Clark – violin

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride Overture    
TCHAIKOVSKY: Tatyana’s Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)    
DVOŘÁK: ‘O Silver Moon’ (Rusalka)        
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain

Mairéad Buicke – soprano

Presented by Niall Carroll, RTÉ lyric fm

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
Gergely Madaras – conductor

BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
BARBER: Violin Concerto, Op.14 (Allegro)
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Ayla Sahin – violin

Roal Academy of Music – Junior Academy Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

HARVEY: Madonna of Winter and Spring, for orchestra and electronics

POSADAS: Magma

VIVIER: Lonely Child for soprano and orchestra

Twyla Robinson – soprano

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op.56 “Scottish”

Vilde Frang – violin

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI

Gergely Madaras – conductor

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes, triptyque symphonique

FAURÉ: Messe de Requiem, Op. 48

Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

Chorus of Opera de Dijon

Gergely Madaras – conductor

KODÁLY: Hungarian Rondo

VASKS: Concerto for Cor Anglais and Orchestra

STRAVINSKY: Petroushka

Lajos Lencsés – cor anglais

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

HILLBORG: King Tide (Hungarian premiere)
DRAGONY: Crann Bethadh (world premiere)
MADARÁSZ: Qui venit
POSADAS: Magma (Hungarian premiere)

Erzsébet Fáklya – soprano

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112

Bolglárka György – violin

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BRAHMS: Schicksalslied, op.54

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, op.40

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, op.61

Kathryn Stott – piano

Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

Choir of the Opera de Dijon

Gergely Madaras – conductor

VERDI: Requiem

Bibiana Nwobilo – soprano

Judith Németh – mezzo

Boldizsár László – tenor

András Palerdi – bass

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian National Philharmonic Choir

Gergely Madaras – conductor

KODÁLY: Marosszék Dances

DOHNÁNYI: Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25

BORODIN: Symphony No. 2

Nino Gvetadze – piano

Warsaw National Philharmonic (Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej)
Gergely Madaras – conductor

KODÁLY: Marosszék Dances

DOHNÁNYI: Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25

BORODIN: Symphony No. 2

Nino Gvetadze – piano

Warsaw National Philharmonic (Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej)
Gergely Madaras – conductor

DOHNÁNYI: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.27

MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Kristóf Baráti – violin

Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Gergely Madaras – conductor

Meet Gergely in a public interview at the Foyer Eugène Ysaÿe of the Salle Philharmonique in Liège, prior to his concert with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège and violinist Kristóf Baráti!

EÖTVÖS: The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies

GUBAIDULINA: Bassoon Concerto

FUJIKURA: Tocar y Luchar

MASON: Isolarion

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI

Elvio Di Martino – bassoon

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, Nos 3,4,6,5

LISZT: Danse Macabre, S.126

LISZT: Rhapsodie Espagnole, S.254

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.5, Op. 107 ‘Reformation’

European Philharmonic of Switzerland

Dmitry Masleev – piano

Gergely Madaras – conductor

WAGNER: Siegfried-Idyll (Manoj Kamps, conductor)

KODÁLY: Hungarian Rondo

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No.2 in F major, Op.102
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No.5, Op.107 ‘Reformation’

RNCM Chamber Orchestra

Alexander Panfilov – piano

Gergely Madaras – conductor

KODÁLY: Hungarian Rondo

VAJDA: Cello Concerto (world premiere)

MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok

Ditta Rohmann – cello

Gergely Madaras – conductor

BARTÓK: Two Images, Op.10

DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica, Op.32

STUDIO RECORDING

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

DOHNÁNYI: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.27

MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Kristóf Baráti – violin

Savaria Symphony Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

DOHNÁNYI: Symphonic Minutes, Op.36

LISZT: Les Préludes, S.97

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1,3,5,6

Ulster Orchestra

Gergely Madaras – conductor

IVES: Central Park in the Dark

COPLAND: Concerto for Clarinet

SHAW: Concerto for Clainet

BARBER: Adagio

GERSHWIN: Summertime, The Man I Love, They All Laughed, I Got Rhythm

Sharon Kam, Clarinet

Orchestre Dijon Bourgogne

Gergely Madaras – conductor