Program

Béla Bartók, Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71, BB 79

Karol Szymanowski, Harnasie, Op. 55

I. Tableau 1: Redyk (Driving the sheep)

Tableau 1: Scena mimiczna, "zaloty" (Mimic Scene, "Courtship")

Tableau 1: Marsz zbojnicki (The Tatra Robbers' March)

Tableau 1: Scena mimiczna, "Harnas i Dziewczyna" (Mimic Scene, "The Harnas and the Girl")

Tableau 1: Taniec zbojnicki - Final (The Tatra Robbers' Dance - Finale)

Tableau 2: Wesele (The Wedding)

Tableau 2: Cepiny (Entry of the Bride)

Tableau 2: Piesn siuhajow (Drinking Song)

Tableau 2: Taniec goralski (The Tatra Highlanders' Dance)

Tableau 2: Napad harnasiow - Taniec (Raid of the Harnasie - Dance)

Tableau 2: Epilog (Epilogue)

Igor Stravinsky, Ebony Concerto

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante

III. Moderato

Osvaldo Golijov/Gonzalo Grau , Nazareno, for two Pianos, percussions, and orchestra

Leonard Bernstein, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Bartók, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Golijov, and Bernstein — With the Labèque Sisters

London Symphony Orchestra

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Cast

Edgaras Montvidas — Tenor

Chris Richards — Clarinetist

Katia & Marielle Labèque — Pianists

Gonzalo Grau — Percussionist

Raphaël Séguinier — Percussionist

London Symphony Chorus

Simon Halsey

London Symphony Orchestra

Program notes

A ballet inspired by the imposing Carpathian Mountains, fifteen Hungarian songs, a Russian concerto dedicated to a jazz clarinetist and his band, and a tango: what could they possibly all have in common? Find out with this program featuring Sir Simon Rattle at the head of the London Symphony Orchestra and its choir joined by guest soloists including the Labèque sisters: together they explore the powerful folk music origins of classical masterpieces by Bartók, Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, and Osvaldo Golijov. Spectacular!

A closer look: featured composers

Leonard Bernstein

Béla Bartók

Igor Stravinsky