Bartok's music meets its muse Nov 19, 2008
Any music appreciation class will tell you that Bela Bartok was influenced by folk music of the Hungarian countryside, but what exactly does that mean. A fascinating program on Sunday afternoon in Jordan Hall explored this question by placing two Hungarian ensembles side by side: the Takacs Quartet, which was founded in Budapest in 1975 and plays the composer's music with commanding authority, and Muzsikas, a Hungarian folk ensemble founded around the same time and devoted to older rural styles... (Boston Globe)
11 San Diego Investment Professionals Earn Prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst(R) Designation Nov 5, 2008
The night will finish with a concert by the San Diego Symphony orchestra performing pieces by Richard Wagner, Camille Saint-Saens, and Bela Bartok. Throughout the event, guests can share the exciting opportunities that lie ahead for the CFASSD and its membership as we continue to evolve as a leading resource for professionals of the investment community in San Diego. (PR Newswire)
Three Famous Sister Musical Duos Oct 16, 2008
Bela Bartok dedicated his violin sonatas to her. Adila died in Florence in 1962. (Suite101.com)
Monster music Sep 6, 2008
So, he gave me lots and lots of music to listen to; some of it was by Bela Bartok, the Hungarian composer, and I remember he was one of the first composers I studied as a kid in school. He would use Hungarian folk music as his inspiration, as did Vaughn Williams and various other people. (CNN -- International)
* The Olympics musical legacy Jun 16, 2008
At the Paris Olympiad in 1924, a vast panel of 43 judges X including Vincent DIndy, Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok and Mauric Ravel X failed to reach a decision. Four years later, a measly bronze was awarded to Denmarks Rudolf Simonsen for his Hellas Symphony. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Scott Hesse Breaks his Shell Jun 10, 2008
Some of the influences include the music of Bela Bartok, West African music (particularly Fode Seydou Bangoura), Radiohead, late period John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter among others. The music also reflects some of the experimental music I ve been playing since moving to Chicago. (Suite101.com)
SSO, Children's Chorus make it interesting May 18, 2008
The novelty of the evening was a set of six Children's Choruses by Bela Bartok, originally written for chorus only. Music Director Daniel Hege's hand was sure in these slight but charming works, performed in English translation by the Syracuse Children's Chorus. (Syracuse.com)
Come Full Circle Mar 23, 2008
In high school, Lloyd got deep into Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. "He would take his country's folk songs and he would do things special with them," Lloyd says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Local chamber ensemble makes fine debut Jan 27, 2008
The program consisted of three works from Eastern European composers Antonin Dvorak, Josef Suk and Bela Bartok. The best known work was Dvorak's Serenade for Strings in E major. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
JCOM delivers gift of '12 Days of Christmas' Dec 23, 2007
The concert opened with an adaptation of Romanian Christmas Carols for the piano by Bela Bartok. These are simple but unique melodies, evoking the mystery and romance of the region's mountains. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Virtuoso singer-violinist breaks down borders Nov 6, 2007
Bittova has a nonpareil style that lands in some previously undiscovered intersection between the classical music to which she has paid tribute in her recordings of Moravian-born composer Leos Janacek and the Hungarian melodies of Bela Bartok (as well as in her performances in a recent New York production of Mozart's Don Juan and on a new CD of the solemn works of Slovakian composer Vladimir Godar, many written specifically for her), the outlandishness of improvisers such as Fred Frith (who... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Henry Rollins is ready to talk business Oct 6, 2007
I play Eve, Bela Bartok, Black Sabbath, and room-clearing aggro, which I quite like. Tomorrow I'll play Anthony Braxton and Public Enemy. (Boston Globe)
This Holmes, dear Watson, is a bit too elementary Oct 6, 2007
The wonderful sound design is by Bill Barclay, but when efforts have been made in this production to be as truthful as possible to the flavor of Victorian England, one questions the use of background music written by twentieth century composers, Bela Bartok and Henryk Gorecki. Even if the production lacks a clear dramatic thrust some of the time and has a shaky resolution, it can still be enjoyed for Conan Doyle's exquisite language, and devoted Scherlockians will have a field-day trying to... (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
From kampung shack to KLCC Aug 26, 2007
Can the music of wayang kulit, or Malay puppet shadow theatre, be combined with a Western classical orchestra for a performance at the ultra-modern Petronas Twin Towers. Perhaps there is no grander declaration of a musical Merdeka. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Zoltan Kodaly Collected Folksongs Jun 10, 2007
Zoltan Kodaly and Bela Bartok were considered the most prominent and ethnomusicologists of the 20th-century. Although Kodaly's later musical works were less advanced that Bartok's or other contemporary composers, it was not considered conservative either. (Suite101.com)
Bret Harte High hosting drum, bugle corps Jun 8, 2007
The Vanguard's show includes selections from "Daphnis et Chloe," a ballet by Maurice Ravel, "Church Windows" by Ottorino Respighi and a piano concerto by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. "The way the music builds, and certain things we do with visuals create small surprises, then culminates in a Eureka!' moment at the end," Bardour said. (The Union Democrat)
Summer festival warms up May 24, 2007
As for Bluebeard, this retelling of the story of a Duke who kills his wives is not the somber, scary operatic version by Bela Bartok. It's an operetta by Jacques Offenbach, of can-can fame. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Uitsonderlik| Apr 5, 2007
Op 17 het David onder Alice Carrard, n voormalige leerling van Bela Bartok en Istvan Thoman, begin studeer. Laasgenoemde was n student van Franz Liszt. (iAfrica.com)
Orlando Philharmonic 2007-08 Season Mar 11, 2007
Joshua Bell: 8 p.m. March 22, 2008; Christopher Wilkins, Conductor; Joshua Bell, violin; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1; Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, E minor; Manuel Ponce: "Estrellita"; John Corigliano: "Pope's Concert" from The Red Violin. Come to the Cabaret: 2 and 8 p.m. April 19, 2008; Andrew Lane, conductor; Sylvia McNair, soprano; in a program of favorites from musical theater and the Great American Songbook, featuring the music of... (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
The March Skinny Mar 4, 2007
We might want to add National Composer s Month to that list: March is the month that brought us Bach, Mussorgsky, Kurt Weill, Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber and Bela Bartok. On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park designated by Congress. (Helena Independent Record)
Doric Quartet: Classical mission accomplished Feb 24, 2007
For the second piece, a modern Bela Bartok was presented. They picked the toughest one: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
World renowned Dutch quartet comes to Seoul Feb 21, 2007
Such great composers as Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky once conducted the orchestra, while Bela Bartok and Sergei Rachmaninov performed symphonies they wrote with the orchestra. Currently, the symphony gives around 120 concerts annually around the globe. (Korea Herald, Korea)
It's Growing, Flowing, Gone! Feb 8, 2007
It ended with another handsomely danced and brilliantly conceived piece, this time to another Hungarian, Bela Bartok, a shortened version of Armitage's "Time Is an Echo of an Axe Within a Wood." It had a succinct beauty of time and space that belied its pompous title. ARMITAGE GONE. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Art beat: Great folkloric dance company coming to town Feb 3, 2007
Sunday's performance pays tribute to Hungary's Bela Bartok. In addition to traditional strings, the orchestra's sound is enriched by the use of a cimbalon (large dulcimer) and a bagpipe. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Local children's orchestra impresses Hungarians Feb 1, 2007
On Jan. 25, the Yeodo Elementary School Symphony Orchestra from Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, performed at the grand Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary. Over 1,000 people attended the performance despite it being a weekday, according to a school official. (Korea Herald, Korea)
