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Composer of the Week:Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

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1/5. The Hungarian composer and pianist Bela Bartok was born into a time of political turmoil. During his formative years, he was caught up in a surge of nationalism that gripped his homeland and informed much of his early work. But, as Donald Macleod discovers, it wasn't long before another stronger influence was to transform his life and work.
If I Climb the Rocky Mountains (Eight Hungarian Folk Songs)
Julia Hamari (mezzo), Ilona Prunyi (piano) Kossuth
Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Ivan Fischer Two Portraits
Chantal Juillet (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Seven Sketches, Op 9b Nos 1, 2 and 4 JenoJando (piano)
String Quartet No 1 Takacs Quartet
Producer Deborah Preston Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Pianist:
Bela Bartok
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Songs:
Julia Hamari
Piano:
Ilona Prunyi
Conductor:
Ivan Fischer
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Source: Radio Times

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