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In the Footsteps of Bartók

The dramatized documentary In the Footsteps of Bartók (Bartók Nyomában) follows Béla Bartók’s trip to Turkey in 1936, from Istanbul to Adana, during which it became clear that Turkish and Hungarian folk music have simila

Lucas and Arthur Jussen play Bartók @ Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

In The Chairman Dances, John Adams makes Mao dance and Nixon play the piano. In a completely different vein, Harmonielehre pits percussion against melody and strings and winds against rhythm. In Bartók's concerto for tw

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs Béla Bartók

The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Jakub Hrůša, takes the audience on a journey through Bartók’s monumental work *Concerto for Orchestra*, which the composer wrote whilst in exile in the United States. The Czech condu

Cecilia Bartolomé: So far, so close

Cecilia Bartolomé, a filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer from Alicante, is a pioneer of Spanish cinema. Mistreated by censorship, she still preserves at 80 the free spirit that has always defined her. We will journey w

Music of the Night by Béla Bartók

Avant-garde picturesque vision to the music of Béla Bartók. Motifs of an abandoned farm evoked in haunting tones: a galloping horse, a thatched house, a hoe, crockery...

Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in Poulenc’s monologue, the director Krzysztof Warlikowski perceives a shared dramatic

Bartolo's Flute

A journey that begins in prehistory, passes through the Mesoamerican peoples, and shows the instruments that were used in the conquest and the colony, in order to learn about the evolution of Mexican music.

The Barton Mystery

Following the assassination of a financier, several people who had an interest in seeing him disappear are suspected.

We've Got to Frame It! (A Conversation with Jiří Bartoška in July 2021)

Jiří Bartoška, a charismatic glossator of the surrounding world and the owner of one of the most interesting domestic destinies of the past half century, was far from looking at himself admiringly in the mirror of memori

Paraguay invented by Bartomeu Meliá

A series of talks with leading figures in the country's cultural life, where the Jesuit priest, writer, researcher and linguist Bartomeu Meliá recounts his arrival in Paraguay in 1954 and his long history of life, exile

Father and His Three Sons - The Bartos Family (Private Hungary 1)

This film is constructed from the diary films of Zoltan Bartos, amateur filmmaker and composer of popular dance music. Shot from the 1920s through the middle of the 1950s, the film reflects both private and official hist

Barton Fink

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Bartok the Magnificent

Albino bat Bartok – former sidekick to the wicked Grigori Rasputin – ventures to prove his true worth on a new quest to defeat the legendary Russian witch Baba Yaga.

Bartoszewski

This is a documentary about a well-known figure in Polish politics - Wladyslaw Bartoszewski. The hero of the film is a man with a very rich resume. He was born and raised in Warsaw. He was a prisoner of Auschwitz, a sold

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Valery Gergiev conducts Mariusz Trelinski’s thrilling new production of these rarely heard one-act operas. Anna Netrebko stars as the blind princess of the title in Tchaikovsky’s lyrical work, opposite Piotr Beczala as V

Miss Barton's Famous Cakes

A dark comedy disguised as a thriller about a famed baker and the mysterious allure of her cakes.

Bela Bartók

A portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in his country's folklore.

Bartok: Concerto for Violin - Gidon Kremer, Pierre Boulez

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 wit

The Siege of Barton's Bathroom

A young girl locks herself in her family bathroom in order to protest her father and neighbor's plan to cut down a beloved tree in the family's backyard. Later adapted into the pilot for a TV series called "The Bartons,"