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Composer of the Week: Bartok

BBC Radio 3
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2/5. Donald Macleod looks at the vivid imagery which Bartok conjured up in three compositions forthe stage.
Allegro Barbaro Performed by the Composer(piano)
Duke Bluebeard 's Castle (excerpt)
Berlin PO, conductor Bernard Haitink The Wooden Prince (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin
Philharmonia, conductor Neeme Jarvi Repeated Monday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Duke Bluebeard
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Neeme Jarvi
Bluebeard:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Judith:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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