Budapest Festival Chamber Ensemble & Iván Fischer ID:
Kammermusik
Monday, 17. August 2026
7:30 p.m., Church Saanen
We know him as a conductor – yet here we encounter him in an entirely different role: as composer and as primus inter pares, closely intertwined with his fellow performers. Experience an extraordinary chamber orchestra session that blends intimacy, inspiration, and masterful sonic craft. For Iván Fischer, this evening is also an opportunity to honour the profound artistic connection he feels with the person who once encouraged him to found his own orchestra – none other than Yehudi Menuhin.
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Mirella Hagen, Soprano
Gergely Csikota, Trumpet
Musicians of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer, Conductor
| Béla Bartók (1881–1945) | |
| Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113 (1939) | 24' |
| Iván Fischer (1951) | |
| “Eine deutsch-jiddische Kantate” [A German-Yiddish Cantata] (2005) | 11' |
| Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) | |
| String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 (1825) | 34' |
| 70' | |