Bartok

With Mikrokosmos, Bartok forged a broader creative path.

Smiles Eva Sebestyen and Sara Toth Bartok sang a duet

"I gained knowledge of working in a facility that can't be taught through books," said Bartok, who is on his second internship with this same company.

'Among the three pieces, Bartok's Piano Concerto No.2 is more complicated and difficult to play.

In the middle came Llyr Williams' thoughtful performance of the Bartok.

Yet Kelly reveals that Bartok is still a part of the tour, albeit one that audiences don't see.

This work is crucial in the string quartet repertoire, one of six by Bartok which are at the heart of his output and comparable in profundity with Beethoven's.

The four sections of the piece, starting with the opening andante maestoso, were reflective of the kind of reactions the Bartok concerto would get from its Forbes Park audience.

Presented by Music Worcester, the concert of music by Bela Bartok, James MacMillan, and Franz Schubert demonstrated smart programming, technical brilliance, and interpretive insight from the Brentanos, who last year succeeded the now-disbanded Tokyo Quartet as Artists-in-Residence at Yale University.

Set in an unnamed empire governed by ancient feudal traditions and utopian racial politics, the story centers on Raiden (Owen), a skilled warrior who serves as loyal manservant and wise counselor to the nobleman Bartok (Freeman).

We the audience, had our own opinions of course, but with such a diversity of concertos: Chopin, Bartok, Rachmaninov, one would have thought that fair/comparative/well-balanced decisions would be impossible.

Born in Sannicolau Mare, Timis county, on March 25, 1881--at the time a village lost in the immensity of the AustroHungarian empire--, Bela Bartok reached heights reserved only for the very few, in each of the domains of music that he cared to deal: in ethnomusicology (that he founded), composing (that he enriched with a unique voice), piano interpretation (with a transcendental virtuosity put in the service of a remarkable sensibility), teaching.

Finale - Royal Northern Sinfonia, June 11, 7.30pm (with pre-concert talk), 0191 443 4661 or www.sagegateshead.com Thomas Zehetmair's last evening as music director of Royal Northern Sinfonia arrives with a concert of big gestures: Mozart's imposing overture, Bartok's insistent Viola Concerto, and John Casken's inspiring picture of human love and togetherness, commissioned for Thomas and his partner Ruth.