91Èȱ¬

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms: the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with pianist András Schiff and conductor Iván Fischer, play Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

György Ligeti: Mysteries of the Macabre
Béla Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

c. 8.10: INTERVAL

Petroc Trelawny is joined by musicologist Professor Nigel Simeone for a look ahead to Proms highlights in the coming week.

c. 8.30: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’

Anna-Lena Elbert, soprano
Sir András Schiff, piano
Budapest Festival Orchestra

Iván Fischer, conductor

Iván Fischer, his Budapest Festival Orchestra and soprano Anna-Lena Elbert mark the 100th anniversary of one of the 20th century’s great originals with Mysteries of the Macabre – three arias from Ligeti’s opera Le Grand Macabre that explode in a cartoonish riot of irony and remarkable technique. Meanwhile Sir András Schiff is the soloist in Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto, an exquisite, elegiac musical farewell. Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony ends the programme: a passionate, provocative statement of musical and human possibility.

03:00 György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre
22:48 Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No 3
49:22 Béla Bartók - Rondo No 1 (Three Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes)
53:15 Interval - Petroc Trelawny is joined by musicologist Professor Nigel Simeone
1:17:35 Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’