The News Letter of Adam Fischer & Haydn Orchestra Fan Club
'Barátom' means 'My Friend' in Hungarian
May 1, 1998 - No. 19
Guest Conducting at Tokyo Japan
Since October '93, Adam Fischer had not been in Japan; however, he was invited by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra this February. This issue of Barátom reports details of his activities in Japan..
Successful Debut with Los Angels Philharmonic
While Adam Fischer was in Vienna with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in January, he was summoned at short notice by one of "Big Six" Orchestras of the USA, the Los Angels Philharmonic. That was the invitation to conduct the January subscription concert as a replacement of the sick conductor Franz Welser-Möst. Adam changed the program from Bruckner to Mozart and Kodály and flew to the West Coast on 18. January.
There were three subscription concerts on January 22. 23. and 25. He played Mozart's Oboe Concerto, Symphony No. 38 "Prague" and excerpts from Kodály's "Háry Janos". Also, there was another short concert for young people including the "Fledermaus" Overture and "Merry Train Polka" by Strauss.
Although Adam did not have time to prepare for the new orchestra, he conducted wonderfully and all the concerts were very successful. The performances were well received by the critics of local newspapers and especially, won the highest praise from the Los Angeles Times saying "The conductor's debut reflects the rapport of orchestra."
The Los Angeles Philharmonic itself was very satisfied by Adam and already gave another invitation for the 1999/2000 season. It is still under negotiation but it is great news for the fans on the West Coast.
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Haydn Orchestra News
Former violinist of the Haydn Orchestra and currently resident at New York, Mr. Rohan Smith had started a unique music festival in Australia. The Kowmung Music Festival is held near the small town of Oberon between Canberra and Sydney. The aim of the festival is to play the music in a natural surrounding. They played chamber music in distinctive settings such as Caves or Cattle Sheds. Five concerts were held this year from 21. - 29 March.
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Nimbus Record Web Page Fully Open Now
Main Recording Label of Adam Fischer and Haydn Orchestra, Nimbus Record, now opened their own Home Page. There are a lot of information about the CDs already released, including the picture of CD jacket and track information. They host more than 28 hours of real audio data. Please visit their site too. The URL is http://www.nimbus.ltd.uk/nrl/. Our Discography page has the direct link to each CD's information.
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German, Hungarian Mini Lesson
From this issue we will introduce the useful conversation at res-taurant. At first, following is the nouns related food. (The former is German and the latter is Hungarian.)| English | German | Hungarian |
| Cheese | der Käse | sajt |
| Ham | der Schinken | sonka |
| Egg | das Ei | tojás |
| Bread | das Brot | kenyér |
| Wine | der Wein | bor |
| Beer | das Bier | sör |
| Coffee | der Kaffee | kávé |
| Tea | der Tee | tea |
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Editorial Note
This issue was the special report from Japan. The intendant Mr. Imamura and his assistant Mrs. Mariko Tsujita of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra have helped a lot. Mrs. Tsujita gave us the picture of Kamakura. We are grateful to them both.
After Tokyo, Adam was busy at the Zurich Opera, La Scala, Milan and the Vienna State Opera.. We will report on these activities in the next issue.
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