The
Budapest Spring Festival
Trip dates: Tuesday 25 – Sunday 30
March 2008 Trip price: £ 1,350 per sharing in a
double/twin room Activity level: Considerable walking daily
between and within sites – uneven cobbles, steps and stairs in churches and
museums, on and off trams, some hilly streets. Download a PDF
(607 kB) with trip details How to book Home page Phone/Fax : +44-(0)1722-716 167 |
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Magnificently sited on
the river Danube, Budapest is the quintessential central European capital,
with a rich musical tradition, superb museums and galleries, an historically
important Jewish quarter, elaborate 19C coffee houses and an enviable
heritage of Baroque, Art Nouveau and Neo-classical architecture. Based in the historic Castle district, we explore the city on foot (with the odd tram and taxi ride), travel out into the countryside to experience Hungarian village life and have an opportunity to swim in one of the city’s most celebrated traditional baths. Each evening we enjoy fine Magyar cuisine accompanied by excellent Hungarian wines, and as a particular highlight of our visit, we attend a matinée piano recital in the Ferenc Lizst Memorial Museum and the following 4 performances of the Budapest Spring Festival: Hungarian
State Opera House Bizet: CARMEN
National
Concert Hall Maxim
Vengerov (violin) Igor
Levit (piano)
Mozart: Adagio in E major Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor Shostakovich-Tziganov: Ten Preludes
from op. 34 ROBERTO
ALAGNA Budapest
Concert Orchestra
Puccini Arias The Academy of Music Anne Sofie von Otter Les Musiciens du Louvre
Conductor: March Minkowski Cantaloube: Chants d’Auvergne Saint-Saens: Symphonies no. 1 and 2 |
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