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