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| Composer | Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Year | 1943 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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LenoxTMC Orchestra: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Ravel, Debussy, and Bartók
Ravel, Debussy, Bartók
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellows
AmsterdamKirill Gerstein plays Gershwin's Piano Concerto
Barber, Gershwin, Bartók
National Youth Orchestra of the USA; Karina Canellakis; Kirill Gerstein
LondonSalonen Conducts 20th-Century Classics
Stravinsky, Berg, Bartók
Juilliard Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Vilde Frang; Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
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More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican
The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.
Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody
The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.
Payare, Lamsma and the OSM: Korngold and Bartók in Montreal
The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM), conductor Rafael Payare, and violin soloist Simone Lamsma joined forces in a program that featured seminal works by two musical titans who settled in the United States after fleeing Europe in the mid-twentieth century.
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HelsinkiFRSO / Joana Carneiro
Berlioz, Boulanger, Bartók
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Joana Carneiro; Jingjing Xu; Pavel Černoch; Leigh Melrose
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Emotional rollercoaster: Oli Janes on Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
Principal clarinettist with the CBSO, Oli Janes talks about the elegies, raucous dances and virtuoso fireworks of Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, which the orchestra performs in April.
My travels with Bartók: a voyage through his music
A personal voyage through the life and music of Béla Bartók, from memories of learning an instrument to watching an orchestra beat the pandemic.