Budapest Philharmonic Society: Symphonic Discoveries

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The Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra originally compiled this programme exploring the themes of freedom and independence for the 50th anniversary of the 1956 uprising.

In Goethe's drama, the Count of Egmont continues to fight for the independence of the Low Countries against oppressive Spanish rule, despite the knowledge that he will be imprisoned and executed for his defiance. The work, which ends with the Siegessymphonie (symphony of victory), was repeatedly broadcast on Hungarian radio during the 1956 uprising, which was similar in spirit to the 1848 Revolution and Hungarian War of Independence.

Lajos Kossuth was one of the greatest figures to demand independence, an end to feudal privileges and the establishment of civil rights in the 19th century, and was the intellectual leader of the 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule.