25/03/08

Celebrate Béla Bartók's 127th birthday this Tuesday and do it in style! What do you mean "Who's Béla Bartók?" Only the most fearsome all-Hungarian composer ever to be a founding father of the field of ethnomusicology! Undoubtedly, he will approve of tonight's events, if he gets the chance to check.

(By the way, if you're wondering where Wednesday's events are, they'll be published soon. Andy Sz has been in Prague with his Mum, and Andy T is in Szentendre. Hence the delay...)
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Strange Party Orchestra (Concert)

Sirály, from 20:00, 25th March
Király utca 50 [map]
Pest Centre, VI, Király utca (T4/6), 5 min

Denmark's Strange Party Orchestra, who mix jazz with punk and tango with the 'noise of machinery', touch down in Sirály tonight. They've been praised for their imaginative use of gongs, bells, woodblocks and PLASTIC BATHING ANIMALS. Yes, that's right. Plastic bathing animals. Myspace here.

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Bluebeard's Castle (Concert)

MUPA, 25th March, 19.30, 2500 - 6500 ft
Komor Marcell utca 1 [map]
Pest, IX, Milleniumi kulturális központ (T2), 2 min

We weren't kidding about Bartók's birthday. The biggest party of the night is going on at MUPA, where Zoltán Kocsis leads the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Bluebeard's Castle.Tickets here.

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Berkó Együttes (Concert)

Pótkulcs, from 21:00, 25th March, free
Csengery u. 65/b [map]
Pest, VI, Nyugati pu (T 4,6, M3), 5 min


Hard-to-find Pótkulcs hosts Berkó Együttes, who breathe more life into traditional folk music than you might think possible. When Balint, the cimbalom player takes the lead, the crowd goes wild!

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No Country for Old Men (Film)

Művész, all week

20:00, 22:15
Teréz körút 30 [map]
Pest, VI, Teréz körút (T4/6), 1 min

The Coen's new movie is by turns, frightening, tense and laconic. Josh Brolin is a revelation and Javier Bardem makes a great villain. It's worth seeing, just for Bardem's daft haircut.

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