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Prom 39: Ligeti, Bart贸k and Beethoven

Live at the 成人快手 Proms: the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with pianist Andr谩s Schiff and conductor Iv谩n Fischer, play Ligeti, Bart贸k and Beethoven.

Live at the 成人快手 Proms: the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with pianist Andr谩s Schiff and conductor Iv谩n Fischer, play Ligeti, Bart贸k and Beethoven.

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

Gy枚rgy Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre
B茅la Bart贸k: 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, 鈥楨roica鈥�

Anna-Lena Elbert, soprano
Sir Andr谩s Schiff, piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iv谩n Fischer, conductor

Iv谩n Fischer, his Budapest Festival Orchestra and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert mark the 100th anniversary of one of the 20th century鈥檚 great originals with Mysteries of the Macabre 鈥� three arias from Ligeti鈥檚 opera Le Grand Macabre that explode in a cartoonish riot of irony and remarkable technique. Meanwhile Sir Andr谩s Schiff is the soloist in Bart贸k鈥檚 Third Piano Concerto, an exquisite, elegiac musical farewell. Beethoven鈥檚 鈥楨roica鈥� Symphony ends the programme: a passionate, provocative statement of musical and human possibility.

03:00 Gy枚rgy Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre
22:48 B茅la Bart贸k - Piano Concerto No 3
49:22 B茅la Bart贸k - 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, 鈥楨roica鈥�

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Aug 2023 19:30

Music Played

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Mysteries Of The Macabre

    Performer: Anna-Lena Elbert. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Concerto No. 3 Sz.119

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Rondo no.1 from Three Rondos on Slovak folktunes

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schnell fliehen die Schatten

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n 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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