Virtuoso Voices™ - Ivan Fischer (The Budapest Sounds)  0:29
April 2009 CD


[Use this clip to introduce almost any recording with Ivan Fischer conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra.]



SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

Every orchestra has a trademark - it can be their overall sound, an instrumental section within the orchestra like the Chicago Symphony Brass, or it can be the orchestra's celebrity conductor.  The Budapest Festival Orchestra was founded by Ivan Fischer (IH-vahn FIH-shur), who says this orchestra's trademark is a commitment to speaking each composer's individual language.


CLIP TRANSCRIPT

"It's about musicianship and about performing the work.  And sometimes, one needs hundred different sounds to do that.  In one musical moment it has to be velvety, and the next it needs to be aggressive and harsh, depending on what the composition is saying at the moment.  We are not aiming for one sound but multiple sounds and that is definitely, I think, an audible trademark."


SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Conductor Ivan Fischer (IH-vahn FIH-shur) talking about the Budapest Orchestra's trademark sounds.  Let's hear them speak the language of (insert composer).  Ivan Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in (insert music title).




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