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Work: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19, Sz 73

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ComposerBartók, Béla (1881-1945)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeDance
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LucerneBudapest Festival Orchestra

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Schubert, Mozart, Bartók
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Debussy, Pironkov, Bartók
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Simeon Pironkoff Jr; Joanna Ruseva; National Philharmonic Choir

BudapestBartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Bluebeard’s Castle

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Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Péter Halász; Iurii Kekalo; Mikalai Radziush; Lea Földi; Jessica Carulla Leon
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Tradition reconsidered in Bartók Dancetriptych in Budapest

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Personal reflections: Esa-Pekka Salonen's Organ Concerto in Berlin

Olivier Latry and the Berliner Philharmoniker © Stephan Rabold
Two forces of nature meet when Esa-Pekka Salonen and Olivier Latry share the stage for the German premiere of Salonen's own Organ Concerto, with a programme that also includes incandescent Bartók.
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Miraculous Russians: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Florence

Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra call in at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a programme of Prokofiev, Bartók and Stravinsky... and Gergiev picks up the keys to the city too.
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