Composer of the Week Podcast24 Sep 2021

Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Béla Bartók.

Music Featured:

For Children Piano Concerto No 3 Contrasts Hungarian Sketches Kossuth 14 Bagatelles, Nos 4 & 5 Piros Alma / Red Apple 44 Duos for Two Violins (No 44, Transylvanian Song) Allegro Barbaro Romanian Folk Dances for Orchestra Transylvanian Dance String Quartet No 2 (i Moderato; ii Allegro molto capriccioso) Orchestral Suite No 2 (ii Allegro scherzando) Three Hungarian Folk Tunes The Miraculous Mandarin Suite Village Scenes (i Wedding; ii Lullaby) Dance Suite Two Portraits (ii One grotesque – Presto) Out of Doors (iii Musettes; iv The Night's Music; v The Chase) Piano Concerto (i Allegro moderato; ii Andante) Cantata Profana Mikrokosmos Bulgarian Rhythm No 1 (Vol 4, No 113) Study in Chords (Vol 3, no 69) Perpetuum Mobile (Vol 5, No 135) Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion Sixth String Quartet (iii Mesto – Burletta – moderato; iv Mesto) Sonata for Solo Violin (i Tempo di ciaccona) Concerto for Orchestra (v Finale)

Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Martin Williams, for BBC Cymru Wales

For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Béla Bartók (1881-1945) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ztnr

And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

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