Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

Every year the Malta International Arts Festival collaborates with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra to present an innovative programme of 20th century and contemporary works. This concert, under the baton of Czech conductor Pavel Šnajdr, features a tour de force performance of masterworks: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta by Béla Bartók, Concerto in D for String Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky, and Ricordanza per Archi by Wojciech Kilar.

Programme

Igor Stravinsky

Concerto in D for String Orchestra (1946)

I           Vivace

II          Arioso: Andantino

III         Rondo: Allegro

Wojciech Kilar

Ricordanza per Archi (2005)

Béla Bartók

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936)

I           Andante tranquillo

II          Allegro

III         Adagio

IV         Allegro molto