Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

Clarinet, Timpani, Performing, Trombone, Cello, Trumpet, Bassoon, Classicalmusic, Performing Arts, Arts, Violin, Flute, Piano, Conductor, Music, Weilerstein

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🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Bartok’s Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste is a perfect encapsulation of Bartok’s musical output. Each movement provides us with a magnifying glass into some of the qualities that made Bartok one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. But for how spectacular a piece it is, it isn’t played as often as it should be, partly because of its extreme difficulty. Today, I’m going to talk you through what is perhaps Bartok's greatest piece, the unforgettable Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, a classical music podcast.
0:07.9	My name is Joshua Weylerstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the music director of the Phoenix
0:11.3	Orchestra of Boston.
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0:44.4	So you might hear a little bit of noise outside the window today, as I am in Bergen Norway
0:50.1	in a hotel with the window that can't close.
0:53.0	So I'm recording this podcast a little bit low-tech this week.
0:56.6	I'm here with the Bergen Philharmonic with a program of Symphony Fantastique, Elgar's
1:01.4	cello concerto, and Caroline Shaw's Untaract for Strings.
1:04.6	This is a really fantastic orchestra that I've worked with before, so I'm really looking
1:08.0	forward to it.
1:09.4	For today, I'm going to bring you a very old episode that I've redone on bartox music
1:14.2	for Strings, Percussion, and Chalest.
1:16.6	Now, there are a lot of things in this episode that I've talked about before.
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