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Proms Composer of the Week: Bartok

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With John Thornley.
4: Musical reflections of the women in Bartok's life - violinist Stefi Geyer ; Klara Gombossy , a forester's daughter whom he met while collecting folk songs in Slovakia; and his two wives, Marta Ziegler and Ditta Pasztory. If I Climb the Rocky Mountains (Hungarian Folk Songs) Julia Hamari (mezzo), Ilona Prunyi (piano) String Quartet No 1 Vegh Quartet
Portrait of a Girl (Sketches for Piano) Gulsin Onay
In Vivid Dreams (orch Kodaly) Julia Hamari (mezzo),
Hungarian State Orchestra, conductor Janos Kovacs
New Hungarian Folk Song; Chromatic Invention (Mikrokosmos) The Composer and Ditta Pasztory-Bartok (pianos) Door 7 (Bluebeard's Castle)
London Philharmonic, conductor Georg Solti
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
John Thornley.
Violinist:
Stefi Geyer
Violinist:
Klara Gombossy
Unknown:
Marta Ziegler
Unknown:
Ditta Pasztory.
Songs:
Julia Hamari
Piano:
Ilona Prunyi
Unknown:
Julia Hamari
Conductor:
Janos Kovacs
Pianos:
Ditta Pasztory-Bartok
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Bluebeard:
Koso Kovats (bass)
Judith:
Sylvia Sass (soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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