At this international festival honouring Béla Bartók, one simply must play something by that important Hungarian composer. The choice fell to the suite from his ballet pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin. Also on the programme are a ballet suite by Igor Stravinsky and a brand new piano concerto by Thierry Escaich played by Seong-Jin Cho.
Béla Bartók
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite from the ballet-pantomime (20')
Thierry Escaich
Etudes symphoniques for piano and orchestra (30')
— Intermission —
Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka. Burlesque scenes in four tableaux (1947 concert version) (34')
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic
Programme of Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks presented by Müpa Budapest.
