The board of the SWF sends its best wishes to all: may 2026 be a very happy year for you and your loved ones.
As a gift: a discovery made by our member George Zepos. Furtwängler conducted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Budapest on 10 November 1943. For this performance, the conductor was able to count on the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and the Municipal Choir, as well as soloists Magda Rigo (soprano), Maria Basilides (alto), Andreas Rösler (tenor) and Georg Losonczy (bass). The concert was broadcast. Unless we are mistaken, this brings the total number of performances of this symphony by Furtwängler to 109.
Furtwängler and the Budapest Philharmonic (Erkel Theatre)
Next 24 January, the Japanese orchestra Symphonica will give a concert at Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo to mark its 40th anniversary. Under the baton of Kenjiro Sakairi, it will perform Schumann's Fourth Symphony from the score revised by Furtwängler. The second half will feature Strauss's Alpine Symphony. For those interested in this revision, we refer you to the facsimile of the score and to the study (PDF in French and English) published with SWF D15.