Discovering Music

Bela Bartok

Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste

Sunday 7 October 2007 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)

Stephen Johnson joins members of the Northern Sinfonia and conductor Thomas Zehetmair for a workshop on one of Bartok's most popular, atmospheric and original works.

This is an edited and extended version of the programme broadcast on Saturday 11 November 2006. View full details.

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Playlist

BBC recording for the programme

Bartok: Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste
Northern Sinfonia
Thomas Zehetmair

Music from cd

Bach: Fugue from Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor BWV537
Ton Koopman, Organ
Teldec 0630-13155-2 Track 16

Britten: Peter Grimes
End of Act II
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sir Colin Davis, Cond.
Philips 432 578-2 Disc 2 Track 11

Bartok: 6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos
Zoltan Kocsis, Piano
Philips 462 381-2 Disc 2 Tracks 52 - 57

Discovering Music

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• 23 Sep 07 Britten's Variations
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