Philharmonia Orchestra: Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók, Madrid

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Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók, Madrid

Auditorio Nacional Madrid
Mon 31 Oct 2011 7:30pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen

conductor

Yefim Bronfman

piano

Bartók

Dance Suite

Bartók

Piano 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 Bártok's rhapsodic Dance Suite and his Piano Concerto No. 2.