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Bart贸k鈥檚 Third Piano Concerto

The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dinis Sousa performs Ravel's Bol茅ro, Debussy's La Mer, Unsuk Chin's Alaraph and, with Bertrand Chamayou, Bart贸k's Piano Concerto No. 3.

The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dinis Sousa performs Ravel's Bol茅ro, Debussy's La Mer, Unsuk Chin's Alaraph and, with Bertrand Chamayou, Bartok's Piano Concerto No.3.

Unsuk Chin: Alaraph: Ritual of the Heartbeat
B茅la Bart贸k: Piano Concerto No. 3

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Claude Debussy: La mer
Maurice Ravel: Bol茅ro

Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Dinis Sousa (conductor)

Channel waves, folk rhythms and the heartbeat of the cosmos, as conductor Dinis Souza, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra play Debussy, Bart贸k and Unsuk Chin.

Claude Debussy gazed at the waves of the English channel, and saw 鈥� and heard 鈥� a thousand glowing colours. Isolated and ill, the exiled B茅la Bart贸k wrote a piano concerto for his beloved wife, and created rhythms that dance for joy. And in our own time, Unsuk Chin gazes into the infinite and finds a star that pulses in time with the human heart.

That鈥檚 actually true: Chin鈥檚 wondrous new orchestral work takes its cue both from Korean court music and the curiously human rhythm of the star Alaraph. It鈥檚 an unforgettable opening to conductor Dinis Sousa鈥檚 nature-inspired debut concert with the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra: and with the 鈥渞emarkable鈥� (The Guardian) French pianist Bertrand Chamayou also appearing for the first time with the 成人快手 SO, there鈥檒l be a regular constellation of stars in alignment tonight. The concert comes to a close with the insistent rhythms and drama of Ravel鈥檚 Bol茅ro.

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Music Played

  • Unsuk Chin

    Alaraph (Ritual of the heartbeat)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Piano Concerto No.3

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin (from Preludes Book 1)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.

  • Samuel Barber

    To be Sung on the Water (from 2 Songs Op.42)

    Choir: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • LINN.

  • Frederick Delius

    To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water Nos 1 & 2

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: Cambridge Voices. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Singer: David Wilson鈥怞ohnson. Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Polyphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Claude Debussy

    Trois Melodies de Verlaine No.1 La mer est plus belle que les cath茅drales

    Performer: Fazil Say. Singer: Marianne Crebassa.
    • ERATO.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro

    Ensemble: Pacific Quartet Vienna.
    • 1824.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 101.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A minor, K 3

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.

  • Frank Bridge

    Spring Song (4 Short Pieces)

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Andrew Ball.
    • Mitchell, Madeleine: Violin Songs.
    • Divine Art.
    • 1201.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday 19:30
    成人快手 Radio 3