On 26 February, the audience shall listen to a symphony, concerto, chamber music, aria, and more over, the opera of Mozart composed in his youth, the Bastien and Bastienne. At the closing concert, the version completed by Süssmayer of Mozart’s Requiem shall be performed by the Festival Orchestra in collaboration with Saint Ephraim Male Choir and the Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis. The audience will have the pleasure to enjoy Mozart’s music both in the Bartók Béla National Concert Hall and the Festival Theatre, while in the performance hall concert and opera films shall be projected, including a very special marionette performance recorded in Salzburg. (The performance of Requiem can be seen and heard by those who could not get into the concert hall in live projection in the Festival Theatre. The price of the tickets is HUF 500. Tickets can be purchased at the secretariat of the orchestra, the ticket offices of MÜPA, and in the web-shop: www.jegymester.hu) „Composers selected for the marathon had to be diligent authors. And Mozart was a very diligent author, and it is extremely easy to choose from his treasure-chest” –said Iván Fischer, music director of Budapest Festival Orchestra. „Mozart was a wise personality. In his operas there are others than good and bad. Even at the end of Don Giovanni, the sounds of forgiveness can be heard. He does not escape from the dramas, but treats them with wisdom, and the Hungarian audience is in great need of this wisdom now” –he added. The programme of the Marathon is as follows: Orchestral concerts 10.30 a.m. Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Non temer, amato bene - concert aria K.490 + Piano Concerto in C Minor K.491 Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio leader: János Rolla soloists: Sébastian Droy (tenor), Alexei Lubimov (piano) 12.30 a.m. Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Horn Concerto in E Flat Major K.447 + Symphony in G Minor, K.550 MÁV Symphony Orchestra conductor: Gábor Takács soloist: Zoltán Szőke (horn) 3.00 p.m. Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Divertimento in F Major K.138 + Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat Major, K.364 Budapest Strings artistic leaders: Béla Bánfalvi and Károly Botvay soloists: Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Klára Kokas (viola) 5.00 p.m. Béla Bartók National Concert Hall The Magic Flute – overture, K.620 + Symphony in C Major („Jupiter”) No.41.K.551 Orchestra of the Hungarian Opera House conductor: János Kovács 7.00 p.m. Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Ch’io mi scordi di te – concert aria, K.505 + Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622 Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: András Vass soloists: Eszter Wierdl (soprano), Ákos Ács (clarinet) 9.00 p.m. Béla Bartók National Concert Hall Requiem, K.626 Budapesti Festival Orchestra, Saint Ephraim Men’s Choir, Schola Cantorum Budapestiensis conductor: Iván Fischer soloists: Gabriella Fodor (soprano), Viktória Mester (mezzo), Sébastien Droy (tenor), István Kovács (bass) Chamber Music concerts: 11.30 a.m. Festival Theatre Sonata in F Major, K.377 + Sonata in B Flat Major, K.454 Vilmos Szabadi (violin), Márta Kovalszki (piano) 1.30 p.m. Festival Theatre Bastien et Bastienne – opera, K.50 Lux Aeterna-Budapest Bach Consort conductor and director: György Philipp soloists: Andrea Csereklyei (soprano), Donát Varga (tenor), Kornél Mikecz (baritone) 4.00 p.m. Festival Theatre String Quintet in G Minor, K.516 Eckhardt String Quartet (Violetta Eckhardt – violin, Gábor Sipos – viola, Cecília Bodolai – viola, Rita Sovány – cello), Csaba Czenke (violin) 6.00 p.m. Festival Theatre Flute Quartet in D Major, K.285 + String Quartet in D Major, K.575 Pulzus String Quartet (János Pilz – violin, Eszter Lesták-Bedő – violon, István Rajncsák – viola, Kousay Mahdi – cello), Gabriella Pivon (flute) 8.00 p.m. Festival Theatre Gluck Variations, K.455 + Rondo in A Minor, K.511 + Rondo in F Major, K.494 Ferenc Rados (piano)