Live in Concert 15.02.14 -BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena: Brahms, Liszt and Bartok

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena. Brahms, Liszt and Bartok

Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester

The BBC Philharmonic and its Chief conductor Juanjo Mena present a concert of Hungarian and Hungarian-spiced music. Expect more than a hint of paprika!

Brahms orch. Dvorak: Five Hungarian Dances
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Stephen Hough (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

[Quarky]

Good stuff. There's a hell of a lot of music in Concerto for Orchestra!

[Black Swan]

A really good concert. The Bartok was excellent. As stated by Oddball there is allot of music in this work and it was very well played.

[cloughie]

Good stuff. There's a hell of a lot of music in Concerto for Orchestra!

And I think it's not devoid of humour - raspberry flavoured.

[edashtav]

Good stuff. There's a hell of a lot of music in Concerto for Orchestra!

Yes, there's loads of music, notes galore plus humour, oddball, BUT is it full-on Bartok or has its originality been diluted a little to achieve more mass appeal?

It would not feature in my top 10 Bartok pieces that I'd rescue in the next great deluge.

[Black Swan]

Yes, there's loads of music, notes galore plus humour, oddball, BUT is it full-on Bartok or has its originality been diluted a little to achieve more mass appeal?

It would not feature in my top 10 Bartok pieces that I'd rescue in the next great deluge.

This is certainly a matter of opinion, I like the work allot. I would say the humor did come through and Juan Jo Menja does a great Leonard Bernstein imitation, jumping and swaying to the music from the podium. Some younsters sitting in front of me found him very amusing.