Classical Music / Concerto for Orchestra / Orchestral
The Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed '15 August – 8 October 1943' and premiered on December 1, 1944, in Symphony Hall, Boston. It was performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Serge Kousssevitzky conducting.
The concert was a great success and since then has been regularly performed. Perhaps it is the best-known of a number of pieces that have the apparent contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra, in contrast to the conventional concerto form which features a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment. Bartók said that he called the piece a concerto rather than a symphony because of the way each section of instruments is treated in a soloistic and virtuosic way.
Below is a wonderful performance as well as recording of Concerto for Orchestra, recorded in 1955. Composer: Béla Viktor János Bartók (25 March 1881 -- 26 September 1945). Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Movements:
00:00 - I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo -- Allegro vivace
10:03 - II. "Giuoco delle coppie". Allegretto scherzando
16:05 - III. "Elegia". Andante non troppo
24:05 - IV. "Intermezzo interrotto". Allegretto
28:21 - V. Finale. Presto
Video Credit:
Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra. Uploaded by Olla Vogala. Accessed March 25, 2016
Resource:
Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók). en.wikipedia.org.
(c) 2016. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
The Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed '15 August – 8 October 1943' and premiered on December 1, 1944, in Symphony Hall, Boston. It was performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with Serge Kousssevitzky conducting.
The concert was a great success and since then has been regularly performed. Perhaps it is the best-known of a number of pieces that have the apparent contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra, in contrast to the conventional concerto form which features a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment. Bartók said that he called the piece a concerto rather than a symphony because of the way each section of instruments is treated in a soloistic and virtuosic way.
Below is a wonderful performance as well as recording of Concerto for Orchestra, recorded in 1955. Composer: Béla Viktor János Bartók (25 March 1881 -- 26 September 1945). Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Movements:
00:00 - I. Introduzione. Andante non troppo -- Allegro vivace
10:03 - II. "Giuoco delle coppie". Allegretto scherzando
16:05 - III. "Elegia". Andante non troppo
24:05 - IV. "Intermezzo interrotto". Allegretto
28:21 - V. Finale. Presto
Video Credit:
Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra. Uploaded by Olla Vogala. Accessed March 25, 2016
Resource:
Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók). en.wikipedia.org.
(c) 2016. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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