AN ever-popular sales scheme that never fails to attract eager customers is the two-for-theprice-of-one technique. What could be better? You need one anyway, so why not get two in the bargain? 2006 is a two-for-the-price-of-one year as far as music goes, and the Budapest Spring Festival is cashing in big time on that plan. Thank goodness! 2006 celebrates the 250th and 125th anniversaries of the births of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Béla Bartók, respectively. Essentially the alpha and omega of modern, mainstream classical music. What more could you ask for? Organized by the Budapest Festival Center and with main sponsor Siemens Hungary for the seventh consecutive year, the Spring Festival...
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