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Budapest Festival Orchestra
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THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA The orchestra was formed in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, with musicians "drawn from the cream of Hungary's younger players," as TheTimes of London put it. Their aim, through intensive rehearsals and demanding the highest standards from musicians, was to make the orchestra's initially three or four concerts per year significant events in Hungary's musical life, and to give Budapest a new symphony orchestra of international standing. Between 1992 and 2000, extending their work to a full season the ensemble operated under the aegis of the Budapest Municipality and the new BFO Foundation, formed by fifteen Hungarian and multinational corporations and banks. From the 2000/2001 season onwards the orchestra is operated by the BFO Foundation, which the Budapest City Council regularly supports under a contract renewable every five years. In 2003 the Ministry of Cultural Heritage declared the orchestra a national institution supported by the state. The Festival Orchestra is nowadays not only a vital part of Budapest's music life (usually performing to capacity audiences) but also a frequent and much appreciated guest at the world's most important centres of musical excellence: Salzburg (Summer Festival), Vienna (Musikverein, Konzerthaus), Lucerne (Festival), Montreux, Zürich (Tonhalle), New York (Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall), Chicago, Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl), San Francisco, Montreal, Tokyo (Suntory Hall), Hong-Kong, Paris (Théâtre
top songs
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Rite of Spring, Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Introduction
2,3052Rite of Spring, Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Ritual of Abduction
1,7663Rite of Spring, Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Spring Rounds
1,6284Rite of Spring, Part II (The Sacrifice): Introduction
1,4765Rite of Spring, Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Ritual of the Rival Tribes
1,4736Rite of Spring, Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Procession of the Sage
1,4547Rite of Spring, Part I (Adoration of the Earth): Dance of the Earth
1,3898Rite of Spring, Part II (The Sacrifice): Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
1,2259Rite of Spring, Part II (The Sacrifice): Glorification of the Chosen One
1,21210Rite of Spring, Part II (The Sacrifice): Evocation of the Ancestors
1,169albums
Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Dvorak: Slavonic Dances
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite, Scherzo, Tango
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Hungarian Dances
Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4, Romeo & Juliet Overture
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Brahms: Hungarian Dances
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Dvorák: Symphonies Nos.8 & 9 "From the New World"
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Brahms: Danses hongroises
Beethoven Symphony no. 7 (1812)
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Bartók: Orchestral Music
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Gustav Mahler: Symphony no. 4 in G major