Bartok: Concerto for Violin - Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez (2010)
Premiere 1 Jan 2010 | 102 min | Music
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An all Bartók programme featuring one of the leading violinists - Gidon Kremer - and one of the world's leading viola players - Yuri Bashmet. The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Pierre Boulez, conclude this concert with the The Miraculous Mandarin, a work composed in 1918-1919. By the time it was premiered, the score caused a scandal due to the eroticism of its argument.