Prom 25: Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Cello Concerto and Bart贸k鈥檚 Duke Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle

3 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 3 Aug 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 25

19:30 Wed 3 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Cellist Alban Gerhardt performs Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Cello Concerto before the RPO and Charles Dutoit bring Bart贸k鈥檚 chilling Duke Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle to the Proms.

Performances & Interviews

20:05

Proms interval talk: Bart贸k and Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Martin Handley discusses the score of Duke Bluebeard's Castle with musicologists.

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Programme

- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - Cello Concerto in B minor(38 mins)
- - interval
- - B茅la Bart贸k
  - Duke Bluebeard's Castle(61 mins)

Performers

Alban Gerhardt
cello
cello
Ildik贸 Koml贸si
Judith
Judith
John Relyea
Duke Bluebeard
Duke Bluebeard
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

The gothic horror story of Duke Bluebeard prompted some of the most imaginative, descriptive and shocking music Bart贸k would write. With its huge orchestra, underpinned in this concert performance by the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ, Bart贸k鈥檚 score speaks of the darkness of Bluebeard鈥檚 vast castle and the cold-blooded murder of his six wives.

Under Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conjures up Bart贸k鈥檚 unsettling realm after Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Cello Concerto, which the composer believed 鈥榦utstrips the other two concertos of mine鈥�.

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