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Prom 39: Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven

Live at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms: the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with pianist András Schiff and conductor Iván Fischer, play Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven.

Live at the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms: the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with pianist András Schiff and conductor Iván Fischer, play Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

György Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre
Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

c. 8.10: INTERVAL

Petroc Trelawny is joined by musicologist Professor Nigel Simeone for a look ahead to Proms highlights in the coming week.

c. 8.30: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’

Anna-Lena Elbert, soprano
Sir András Schiff, piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer, conductor

Iván Fischer, his Budapest Festival Orchestra and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert mark the 100th anniversary of one of the 20th century’s great originals with Mysteries of the Macabre – three arias from Ligeti’s opera Le Grand Macabre that explode in a cartoonish riot of irony and remarkable technique. Meanwhile Sir András Schiff is the soloist in Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, an exquisite, elegiac musical farewell. Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony ends the programme: a passionate, provocative statement of musical and human possibility.

03:00 György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre
22:48 Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No 3
49:22 Béla Bartók - Rondo No 1 (Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes)
53:15 Interval - Petroc Trelawny is joined by musicologist Professor Nigel Simeone
1:17:35 Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Aug 2023 19:30

Music Played

  • György Ligeti

    Mysteries Of The Macabre

    Performer: Anna-Lena Elbert. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Béla Bartók

    Concerto No. 3 Sz.119

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Béla Bartók

    Rondo no.1 from Three Rondos on Slovak folktunes

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major Op.55 (Eroica)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schnell fliehen die Schatten

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio in B flat major H.15.20 for keyboard and strings

    Performer: Veronika Eberle. Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Haydn, Rossini & Schubert: Duo, Trio & Quartet.
    • C Avi-Music.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Aug 2023 19:30

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