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28 Aug 2021, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2021 Bartók Roots

Prom 31
Bartók Roots
19:30 Sat 28 Aug 2021 Royal Albert Hall
Fearless violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja traces the evolution of Hungarian folk song in a Prom that features Bartók’s ferocious Second Violin Concerto, performed alongside Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
Fearless violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja traces the evolution of Hungarian folk song in a Prom that features Bartók’s ferocious Second Violin Concerto, performed alongside Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Programme

      • Hungarian folk musicfollowed without a break by:
      • Violin Concerto No. 2(36 mins)
        • interval
        • Hungarian folk musicfollowed without a break by:
        • Suite No. 2(34 mins)

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    In a memorable Prom in 2019, violinist Pekka Kuusisto took Sibelius’s Violin Concerto back to its roots in Finnish folk music. Now the dazzling, fearless Patricia Kopatchinskaja takes up the challenge, tracing the same evolution from traditional Hungarian songs and dances to Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov explore the rough-hewn rhythms and the lyrical melodies that unite Bartók’s Violin Concerto with the Magyar music that so fascinated the composer.

    There will be one interval

    Image: Patricia Kopatchinskaja © Konzerthaus, Berlin

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