Prom 25: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
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This event took place on Wednesday 3 August 2016.
- Wednesday 3 August 2016
- Royal Albert Hall
Prom 25: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle
Wed 3 Aug 2016
Need to know
Repertoire
- Dvořák Cello Concerto
- Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Features
- Alban Gerhardt Cello
- Ildikó Komlósi Soprano
- John Relyea Bass
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore,
South Kensington,
London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
The gothic horror story of Duke Bluebeard prompted some of the most imaginative, descriptive and shocking music Bartók would write. With its huge orchestra, underpinned in this concert performance by the mighty Royal Albert Hall organ, Bartók’s score speaks of the darkness of Bluebeard’s vast castle and the cold-blooded murder of his six wives.
Under Principal Conductor Charles Dutoit, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conjures up Bartók’s unsettling realm after Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, which the composer believed ‘outstrips the other two concertos of mine’.