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Composer of the Week: Bartok

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2/5. Donald Macleod looks at the vivid imagery that Bartok conjured up in three compositions for the stage.
Allegro Barbaro
Performed by the composer (piano) Duke Bluebeard's Castle (excerpt) John Tomlinson (Bluebeard: bass)
Anne Sofie von Otter (Judith: mezzo) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
The Wooden Prince (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin
Philharmonia, conductor Neeme Jarvi. Repeated at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
John Tomlinson
Bass:
Anne Sofie von Otter
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Source: Radio Times

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