19 Aug. 2010   Wiesbaden
21 Aug. 2010   Prague
7 Sep. 2010   Győr, Richter Hall
Orchestral Concerts

Cocoa concerts

The one hour concerts of short pieces in small ensembles are adapted for children. Orchestra soloists and chamber musicians lead the children in listening to classical music. The concerts are for children between the ages of 5 and 12. Unfortunately, children under 4 years of age can not share in these concerts. The spoken segments of the programme are in the Hungarian language. The seating at the Cocoa Concerts is not reserved.

In the 2010/2011 season there are four Saturday-Sunday concert days, with two concerts on each day, one at 2.30 pm., an another at 4.30 pm., with the same programme:

19 September, 2010
7 November, 2010
9 January, 2011
24 April, 2011

The Master of Ceremonies at the Cocoa concerts is Iván Fischer. The tickets are 2.300 HUF, which naturally includes a cup of cocoa.

 
That evening I heard Fischer conduct a Beethoven concert, culminating in an extraordinary performance of the Seventh Symphony, in which the score`s logic formed a springboard for elated flights of emotion. His players clearly adore him, looking at him and each other with expressions of amazement as he coaxes the music from them with tense yet beautiful gestures..
The Guardian, Tim Ashley, May 27th, 2005
 

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