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Rachmaninov鈥檚 鈥楶aganini鈥� Variations

蜜芽传媒 Proms 2025

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Josep Pons in Rachmaninov's 'Paganini' Variations, with Beatrice Rana, and Bartok's knockout Miraculous Mandarin.

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Josep Pons in Rachmaninov's 'Paganini' Variations, with Beatrice Rana, and Bartok's knockout Miraculous Mandarin.

Presented by Ian Skelly at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Paul Dukas: La P茅ri 鈥� Po猫me dans茅
Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

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Interval: The writer and music historian Emily MacGregor joins Ian Skelly, live at the Royal Albert Hall, to discuss the controversy surrounding Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin, to examine the social attitudes of Hungary in the early 20th century, and to explore the story of censorship behind the re-versioning of the composer's pantomime ballet for the concert stage.

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B茅la Bart贸k: The Miraculous Mandarin

Beatrice Rana (piano)
蜜芽传媒 Singers
蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)

Desire, brutality and the supernatural are shaken together in the orchestral kaleidoscope of Bart贸k鈥檚 ballet The Miraculous Mandarin. Josep Pons conducts the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra in the last of Bart贸k鈥檚 three great music-theatre scores, an electrifying fusion of folk music and modernism. Angular brilliance gives way to exotic, Impressionistic colours in Dukas鈥檚 exotic 鈥榙anced poem鈥� La P茅ri. 鈥楻emarkable鈥� Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is the soloist in Rachmaninov鈥檚 thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

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Music Played

  • Paul Dukas

    La P茅ri - Poe虁me danse虂

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Movement from Extracts of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker

    Music Arranger: Mikhail Pletnev. Music Arranger: Mikhail Pletnev. Performer: Beatrice Rana. Performer: Beatrice Rana. Performer: Beatrice Rana.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Mikrokosmos, BB105, Vol.4, Sz. 107: No. 97 Notturno

    Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Songs Without Words.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 16.

  • Trad.

    Algerian Folk Melody

    Performer: Alli b膬n Charfalla. Performer: H膬mm膬stir b芒l.
    • Tantara Productions.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (Piano four-hands version): VII. Dance of the girl

    Performer: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Heisser. Performer: Marie鈥怞os猫phe Jude.
    • B茅la Bart贸k: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussions, The Miraculous Mandarin &amp.
    • Praga Digitals.
    • 7.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    The Miraculous Mandarin

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.

  • Tan Dun

    Eight Memories in Watercolour, Op.1 (Floating Clouds)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Tan Dun

    Eight Memories in Watercolour, Op.1: No.8 Sunrain

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • DG.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Bourr茅e (Water Music - Suite in D major, HWV.349)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 15.

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  • Fri 8 Aug 2025 18:00
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