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蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra - Bartok, Ravel, Schnelzer

Martin Handley presents the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra live from the Barbican. Including Bartok's operatic masterpiece Duke Bluebeard's Castle and works by Ravel and Albert Schnelzer.

Live from the Barbican

Presented by Martin Handley

Bartok's operatic masterpiece Duke Bluebeard's Castle plus works by Ravel and Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer. Kirill Karabits conducts the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
Schnelzer: Tales from Suburbia (world premiere)
Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye (Mother Goose - suite)

c. 8.15pm: Interval ***

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Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle

The light and the shadowy side of fairy tales: Ravel's Mother Goose ballet suite conjures up enchanted stories with happy-ever-after endings, while, in Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Bart贸k mines the darkest reaches of psychology in his enthralling operatic masterpiece. American mezzo Michelle DeYoung plays the innocent Judith, inexorably and willingly led towards entombment.

Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer made a big impact at the 2010 Proms with his A Freak at Burbank, which re-imagined Haydn in an American suburb. His new concert-opener -Tales from Suburbia - promises to make a splash: 'an exceptional flair for orchestral virtuosity ... - an important new composer, no question'. The Guardian.

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano - Judith)
Gabor Bretz (baritone - Duke Bluebeard)
蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 Mar 2015 19:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Schnelzer

    Tales from Suburbia

  • Maurice Ravel

    Mother Goose Suite

  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenbilder, Op. 113

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Lars Anders Tomter.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    'Wedding' from Three Village Scenes, Sz. 79

    Ensemble: Budapesti Kamaraegy眉ttes. Choir: Gyor Girls choir. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Credit

Performer 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Mar 2015 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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