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Prom 25: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 03-08-2016 19:30 03-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 25: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle The gothic horror story of Duke Bluebeard prompted some of the most imaginative, descriptive and shocking music Bartók would write. With its huge orchestra, underpinned in this concert performance by the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ, Bartók’s score speaks of the darkness of Bluebeard’s vast castle and the cold-blooded murder of his six wives. Under Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conjures up Bartók’s unsettling realm after Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, which the composer believed ‘outstrips the other two concertos of mine’. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Antonin Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104, B.191
~ Interval ~
Béla Bartók – Bluebeard's Castle, Sz.48
Performers
Alban Gerhardt – Cello
Charles Dutoit – Conductor
Ildikó Komlósi – Judith
John Relyea – Duke Bluebeard
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Programme Note
The gothic horror story of Duke Bluebeard prompted some of the most imaginative, descriptive and shocking music Bartók would write. With its huge orchestra, underpinned in this concert performance by the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ, Bartók’s score speaks of the darkness of Bluebeard’s vast castle and the cold-blooded murder of his six wives.
Under Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conjures up Bartók’s unsettling realm after Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, which the composer believed ‘outstrips the other two concertos of mine’.