Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer/Hough - review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonThis concert apparently marked several occasions, such as the Hungarian presidency of the EU and the start of the Liszt bicentenary. But none proved nearly as worth celebrating as the return to London of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and its founder, the conductor Ivan Fischer.Haydn's "Oxford" Symphony, No 92, oozed sunshine thanks to warm, tender strings, a graceful solo flute and Fischer's ebullience. The orchestra sounded bright and forward. Still, in Liszt's Con...

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