Prom 39: Ligeti, Bart贸k and Beethoven

13 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sun 13 Aug 2023 Next Event

Proms 2023 Prom 39: Ligeti, Bart贸k and Beethoven

19:30 Sun 13 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall

The Budapest Festival Orchestra and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert mark the 100th anniversary of Gy枚rgy Ligeti with his Mysteries of the Macabre. Sir Andr谩s Schiff is the soloist in Bart贸k鈥檚 Third Piano Concerto before Beethoven鈥檚 pioneering 鈥楨roica鈥� Symphony.

Programme

- - Gy枚rgy Ligeti
  - Mysteries of the Macabre(9 mins)
- - B茅la Bart贸k
  - Piano Concerto No. 3(23 mins)
- - interval
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 鈥楨roica鈥�(47 mins)

Performers

Anna-Lena Elbert
soprano
soprano
Sir Andr谩s Schiff
piano
piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iv谩n Fischer
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Iv谩n Fischer, his Budapest Festival Orchestra and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert mark the 100th anniversary of one of the 20th century鈥檚 great originals with Mysteries of the Macabre 鈥� three arias from Ligeti鈥檚 opera Le Grand Macabre that explode in a cartoonish riot of irony and remarkable technique. Meanwhile Sir Andr谩s Schiff is the soloist in Bart贸k鈥檚 Third Piano Concerto, an exquisite, elegiac musical farewell. Beethoven鈥檚鈥楨roica鈥� Symphony ends the programme: a passionate, provocative statement of musical and human possibility.

Image: Anna-Lena Elbert 漏 Alan Ovaska