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Bartok Concerto for orchestra program notes, recordings and sheet music

Program Notes: Béla Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123

Welcome, dear concert-goer, to a vibrant, powerful, and deeply moving masterpiece from one of the 20th century's most original voices. Tonight, we present Béla Bartók’s extraordinary Concerto for Orchestra – a work that is simultaneously a dazzling showpiece for every section of the orchestra, a profound personal statement, and a poignant reflection on the human spirit in times of crisis.

Bartók: The Ethnomusicologist-Composer in Exile

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer in studying and incorporating the authentic folk music of Eastern Europe (Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, etc.) into his sophisticated classical compositions. His music is characterized by its powerful rhythms, modal harmonies derived from folk sources,

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