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Beethoven and Bartók from Budapest

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2025

Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle.

Live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: Iván Fischer conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle.

Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major

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The writer Nigel Simeone joins Andrew to introduce Duke Bluebeard's Castle, which is Bartók's only opera.

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Béla Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Dorottya Láng (soprano) ... Judith
Krisztián Cser (bass) ... Duke Bluebeard
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer (conductor)

From light into darkness: Beethoven’s ebullient Symphony No. 7 – ‘glorious wine for the human spirit’ – gives way to the shadows and horrors of Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra bring Hungary’s greatest opera to the Royal Albert Hall. The legend of Bluebeard and his young wife Judith – whose persistent curiosity forces the Duke to reveal the secrets hidden behind the locked doors of his castle – comes to idiomatic life in the hands of a Hungarian cast.

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Wed 6 Aug 2025 19:30
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 In A Major Op.92

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

  • Béla Bartók

    Duke Bluebeard's Castle Opera In 1 Act Sz.48

    Performer: Dorottya Láng. Performer: Krisztian Cser. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita (Allemande)

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • New Amsterdam Records.

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)

    Composer: Vinicius de Moraes. Performer: Pacho Flores. Music Arranger: Efraín Oscher. Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Fractales.
    • Universal Music Spain S.L..
    • 9.

  • Amy Beach

    From Grandmother's Garden Op.97 (Mignonette)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 Aug 2025 19:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3

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