Philharmonia Hungarica

Performer

The Philharmonia Hungarica was a symphony orchestra, based in Germany, which existed from 1956 to 2001. The beleaguered Philharmonia Hungarica finally disbanded after giving a farewell concert in Düsseldorf on 22 April 2001, featuring a performance of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 including the Finale (Ed.Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs and Giuseppe Mazzuca) conducted by Robert Bachmann, as well as the German first performance of the Documentation of the Finale Fragment, edited by John A. Phillips, conducted and presented by Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs. The concert was attended by an estimated audience of 150 in a concert hall meant to hold 2000 (Tonhalle Düsseldorf), after members of the German Orchestral Union had falsely announced in public that the concert would be cancelled. Plans to rescue the orchestra failed, because there was no political interest any longer to keep it alive.  [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1, P. 109
• Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2, P. 138
• Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, P. 172
• Dance Suite, Sz. 77
• 2 Portraits, Sz. 37
• Microcosm, Sz. 107
• Hungarian Folk Dances, Op. 18