Pursuing happiness, love and affection through countless adventures across this great wide world, but still eventually finding a final peace in the arms of his beloved, Peer Gynt is one of the most complex characters in 19th-century drama. The challenges of staging and absorbing the play are always exceptional tests of strength for the director and the audience.
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
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BÉLA BARTÓK: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114
Ádám Fischer's career as a conductor, which began more than half a century ago, is linked to his homeland in many ways: the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian State Opera, Müpa Budapest and the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra are all important chapters in his work.