Bartok: Concerto for Violin – Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez (2010)

Overview

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.