Music Stories
The History of Music — From 100,000 BC to the Present Day
Family Concert
Schedule
Music Stories
The History of Music — From 100,000 BC to the Present Day
Family Concert
Music has been part of human life for tens of thousands of years. From the sound of bone flutes to modern film scores, it has been a long journey filled with rhythm, melody, and shared experiences. People have made music around campfires, in temples, ballrooms, and stadiums. Monks sang Gregorian chants, prehistoric communities danced to the beat of drums, minuets echoed through Baroque courts, and in Africa, conga rhythms still pulse today. Though the music of each era and culture sounds different, it all reflects the same inner drive — to experience and express emotions.
This time, the Danubia Orchestra tells the hundred-thousand-year story of music in 45 minutes. Through live music, movement, dance, a collective conga party, and a bit of time travel (complete with wigs), they show how music has evolved through the centuries — and how it sounds today.
Recommended age: from 6 years
Conductor: Máté Hámori
Programme:
- John Williams: Star Wars – Theme
- Richard Strauss: Thus Spoke Zarathustra – excerpt
- Rezső Ott: Orchestral Choral Piece
- Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
- Rezső Ott: Medieval Medley
- Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
- Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Summer – III. movement (rock version)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Susanna’s Aria from The Marriage of Figaro
- Johann Strauss II: Voices of Spring – Waltz
- Rezső Ott: Mozart Themes – Arranged Version
- John Williams: Star Wars – Main Theme
MOMkult
MOMkult is one of the leading community and cultural spaces in Budapest. Over the past seventy years, it has hosted numerous international productions in the Bauhaus building. Jazz, pop, classical music, contemporary dance, standup, performances, talks, theatre productions and festivals fill the interior and exterior spaces of the building.