Béla Bartók and Witold Lutosławski
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English - September 26, 2019 20:16 - 55 minutes - 51 MB - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts classical music education symphony orchestra national nac-cna cna-nac nac orchestra naco Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer talk about two Concertos for orchestra: one by Béla Bartók and the other by Witold Lutosławski. They take a moment to explain the format of a concerto for orchestra (what do you mean, a concerto without a soloist?), and the dialog that develops within the orchestra performing it. Bartók and Lutosławski, who lived concurrently but in different contexts, composed two completely different and marvellous works.