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Infernal Dance: Concerto for Orchestra

Royal Festival Hall
Thu 23 Jun 2011 7:30pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen	conductor

Kodály	Dances of Galanta
Bartók	Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartók	Concerto for Orchestra

Infernal Dance is supported by The Meyer Foundation

Part of the Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Bela Bartók Series.

Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is probably his most popular piece of music. Written in 1943 and one of his final works, all the hallmarks of Bartók’s music are here: fierce rhythmic energy, vivid extremes of colour, folk themes interwoven with glorious melodies. It is a spectacle in every sense, and one that demands a virtuoso display from the entire orchestra, the musical equivalent of a peacock displaying its plumage. In this evening’s concert it is performed alongside the dazzling Dances of Galánta by Bartók’s close friend and collaborator Zoltán Kodály; and Bartók’s lyrical Violin Concerto No. 2, another late work, and in essence an extended series of melodic variations.