Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Episode 5 of 5: Slide into War and Exile
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of composer Bela Bartok (1881-1945), one of the most influential composers of the 20th Century. As Europe slipped into World War II, Bartok wrote to a friend of how he felt the whole world was drifting into evil, restlessness and terror...and of the need to go far from the vicinity of what he called the "pestilence-ridden lands. Today's programme explores Bartok life as a Hungarian émigré in America and his final years away from the land he'd once loved.
00:03 Béla Bartók Quartet no. 6 Sz.114 for strings - 3rd movement Ensemble: Vertavo String Quartet.
00:12 Béla Bartók 5 Hungarian folksongs for voice and piano, rev. 1928 from "Hungarian folksongs" Performer: Katerina Englishova. Singer: Štefan Margita.
00:15 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 1 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:16 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 2 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:16 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 3 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:18 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 4 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:18 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 5 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:21 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 6 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:22 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 6 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:23 Béla Bartók Mikrokosmos - volume 6 Sz.107 for piano Performer: Dezso Ranki.
00:28 Béla Bartók Concerto Sz.116 for orchestra Orchestra: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
00:52 Béla Bartók Concerto no. 3 Sz.119 for piano and orchestra Performer: Martha Argerich.
First broadcast: 30 Jan 2015 (b0506jf1) http://vk.com/wall-71199334_36