Christmas Chamber Concert + Dinner and cruise

Spend the Christmas evening with our chamber concert organised in the beautiful neobaroque theatre of the Danube Palace. You can listen to a special programme which was compiled just for this evening by the Danube Chamber Orchestra, including well-known and popular works of famous composers.
The Chamber Concert starts at 20:00, and it is twice 40-45 minutes with an intermission.
The Danube Symphony Orchestra was formed in 1961. Since then they have given many performances both in Hungary and abroad. The Chamber Orchestra consists of 20 professional musicians.

Their repertoire covers almost every musical style from the Baroque music to music of the 20th century. Their permanent concert hall is the theatre of the Danube Palace, Budapest (Duna Palota; Zrínyi utca 5.) Apart from the concerts they organize both for adults and children, they regularly play at various musical events held in Budapest. They are frequent guests at the Music Academy, at the Vigadó, at the Stephanie Palace and at the Convention Centre.

They have had international contacts since 1983 and have been invited to play in many foreign countries. They have often accompanied solo artists at music competitions and participated in colourful operettas, ballets and oratorio performances as well.

Not only do the musicians work together in this orchestra but in several chamber orchestras as well. Besides their permanent conductor András Deák, they are often conducted by other Hungarian and foreign conductors. Many Hungarian and foreign guest artists have performed with the orchestra, including Giuseppe di Stefano from Italy, James Galway, a flautist from Ireland and Ray Charles, the jazz star from the USA. They have given performances in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Italy.

PROGRAM OF THE CHRISTMAS CONCERT

BY THE DANUBE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

25. 12. 2013.

Part 1.
Corelli: Concerto Grosso
Haydn: Rondo all’Ongarese
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Winter – II. Largo

Kálmán: The Gipsy Princess — Ouverture
Erkel: Palotás from the Opera Hunyadi László
Lehár:  Gold and Silver Waltz

Massenet: Thais — Meditation
Brahms: Hungarian Dances No.5

Part 2.
Kálmán: Devil-rider — Palotás        
Strauss: The Blue Danube — Waltz
Cymbalo solo
Grinspun: Choric Dance
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Monti:  Czardas
Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

Strauss: Radetzky March

The Danube Chamber Orchestra is lead by

Rudnyitzky Tatyjana

After our Danube Symphony Orchestra we would like to invite you to see the Budapest in the romantic atmosphere of a dinner by candlelight surrounded by the friendly lights of the Danube capital. After the end of the performance in the Duna Palota (Danube Palace), our hostesses will accompany you to of one of our ships, which will take you on a one and a half hours long cruise with an excellent warm buffet-dinner. In the romantic candlelight atmosphere you can enjoy the wonderful view of the city swimming in light. After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.

The ship cruise takes about one and a half hours.

Menu

 Cold entries

Spiced cottage cheese cream and traditional greaves cream

Soups

Alföld style goulash with small dumplings

From autumn to spring: Vegetable cream soup

Summer time: Cold fruit soup

Warm main courses

Mini stuffed cabbage

Traditional chicken leg „Paprikasch”

Roasted chicken breast with basil-cheese sauce

Spicy pork rib with thyme – mustard sauce

Roasted sea fish with Chardonnay sauce

Garnishes and vegetarian

Grilled polenta with feta cheese

Grilled vegetables

Homemade dumplings with spinach and mustard-mushroom sauce

Steamed jasmin rice with corn

Hash-brown potatoes

Steak potatoes

Dumplings

Salads

Fresh seasonal salads with dressings

Italian pasta salad

Caesar’s salad

Sweet corn salad with mayonnaise

Desserts

Home-made strudel

Somló style sponge cake

Mini tarts

Dessert variations Európa style

Season fruit basket

Drinks

1 Glass of wine (or juice) and 1 bottle of mineral water

Meeting point for the Dinner and Cruise is at 19:30 at the Danube Palace (1051 Zrinyi street 5.)