5/5. With no desire to stay in a country for which his unwavering loyalty apparently counted for nothing, Bartok finally turned his back on Hungary for good to make a new life for himself and his wife in America.
Donald Macleod looks at this poignant, final episode in the life of one of the 20th-century's greatest composers.
Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (No 2)
Performed by the Composer and Ditta Pasztory-Bartok (pianos)
Contrasts (1st mvt: Verbunkos)
Performed by the Composer (piano), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Joseph Szigeti (violin)
String Quartet No 6 (3rd mvt) Takacs Quartet
Concerto for Orchestra
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
(Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight)