Bartok with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, 'Rachmaninoff', and more

Nov 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM · Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, TX

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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra

42 concerts

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra (founded 1912): 120+ concerts yearly for 150k+; led by Robert Spano; played Carnegie Hall/Kennedy Center; 13 acclaimed recordings.

Bartok

11 concerts

Béla Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist, widely regarded as one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Alongside Zoltán Kodály, he pioneered the study of folk music, capturing indigenous Central European melodies and integrating them into his modernist classical compositions. His notable works include his six string quartets, the opera Bluebeard's Castle, and the Concerto for Orchestra. Faced with the rise of fascism in Europe, he immigrated to the United States in 1940, where he continued to compose until his death from leukemia in 1945.

'Rachmaninoff'

12 concerts