Alina Ibragimova plays Bartók
Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 1, and Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Presented live, from the Royal Festival Hall in London, by Martin Handley.
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Popes
Bela Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz. 36, BB 48a
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Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
It's often said that a picture paints a thousand words, and tonight Edward Gardner takes to the helm of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Mussorgsky's fantastical depiction of a hut on hen’s legs flying through a fairytale forest in his Pictures at an Exhibition, while Mark Anthony Turnage's portrayal of three robed priests venting their pain and rage raises the curtain on this evening's concert. Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova is the soloist in a work that, composed on the brink of war, remained unperformed and unpublished during Bartók's composer's lifetime - his Violin Concerto no. 1.
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