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
