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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

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

Composer of the Week: Bela Bartok (1881-1945): Episode 4: Rediscovering the Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

Episode 4

Episode 4: Rediscovering the Piano

Rediscovering the Piano

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Rediscovering the Piano

Donald Macleod focuses on Bartok's re-emergence as a composer and pianist after WWI.

Donald Macleod explores the circumstances of Bartok's second marriage and his subsequent re-emergence as a composer and pianist of international renown. With the Cantata Profana.

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of composer Bela Bartok (1881-1945), one of the most influential composers of the 20th Century. Today's programme explores the circumstances of Bartok's second marriage, and his subsequent re-emergence as a composer and pianist of international renown.

Dance Suite: 5th and 6th movements (Comodo, Finale)
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Zoltan Kocsis (conductor)

Frescobaldi (transcribed Bela Bartok)
Fuga in G minor
Ilona Prunyi (piano)

Out of Doors Suite: 4th movement (The Night's Music)
Rolf Hind (piano)

Piano Concerto No. 1: 3rd movement (Allegro Molto)
BBC Philharmonic
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Cantata Profana
John Aler (tenor)
John Tomlinson (baritone)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta: Finale
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor).

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Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Hungarian composer Bela Bartok

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Hungarian musician Bela Bartok, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century

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