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Performances of Béla Bartók at BBC Proms

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Sun 24 Aug 2025
- 14:00
  Mäkelä Conducts Mozart, Prokofiev & Bartók
  Royal Albert Hall
  Klaus Mäkela and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are ed by celebrated violinist Janine Jansen for Prokofiev’s effervescent Violin Concerto No. 1. Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra bookend the evening
  Klaus Mäkela and Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra are ed by celebrated violinist Janine Jansen for Prokofiev’s effervescent Violin Concerto No. 1. Mozart’s ‘Paris’ Symphony and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra bookend the evening
  Programme
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Symphony No. 31 in D major, ‘Paris’(17 mins)
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major(22 mins)
  interval
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra(36 mins)
  Performers
  Janine Jansen
  violin
  violin
  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  Klaus Mäkelä
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  Proms 2025
  Book now
  Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
Fri 8 Aug 2025
- 18:00
  Rachmaninov’s ‘Paganini’ Variations
  Royal Albert Hall
  Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s ‘grotesque pantomime’ The Miraculous Mandarin, and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov’s thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Josep Pons conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s ‘grotesque pantomime’ The Miraculous Mandarin, and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov’s thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  Programme
  Paul Dukas
  La Péri – Poème dansé(18 mins)
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini(25 mins)
  interval
  Béla Bartók
  The Miraculous Mandarin(32 mins)
  Performers
  Beatrice Rana
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Josep Pons
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Paul Dukas
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  Proms 2025
  Book now
  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Wed 6 Aug 2025
- 19:30
  Beethoven and Bartók from Budapest
  Royal Albert Hall
  Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra bring Hungary’s greatest opera, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, to the Royal Albert Hall, heard alongside Beethoven’s ebullient Symphony No. 7
  Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra bring Hungary’s greatest opera, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, to the Royal Albert Hall, heard alongside Beethoven’s ebullient Symphony No. 7
  Programme
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 7 in A major(36 mins)
  interval
  Béla Bartók
  Duke Bluebeard’s Castle(55 mins)(sung in Hungarian, with English surtitles)
  Performers
  Dorottya Láng
  Judith
  Judith
  Krisztián Cser
  Duke Bluebeard
  Duke Bluebeard
  Budapest Festival Orchestra
  Iván Fischer
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  Proms 2025
  Book now
  Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)