Chamber Chorus of the Berlin Hochschule der Künste
Czech Philharmonic
Audience
Béla Bartók
Bohuslav Martinů
Antal Doráti
Miscellaneous
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Composition History
Béla Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta and Divertimento were commissioned by the Swiss millionaire Paul Sacher and his Basel Chamber Orchestra.
Cultural Impact
Profits from the sale of this recording will go towards the construction of a planned health and social centre in Lidice.
Historical Context
This live recording is dedicated to the victims of Lidice, a village near Prague flattened by German occupation troops in 1942.
Cultural Impact
IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War), founded in 1980, received the UNESCO Peace Prize in 1984 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.
Composer Biography
Bohuslav Martinů, a Czech composer, was expelled from the Prague Conservatory for laziness but later became a highly productive and wide-ranging composer.
Instruments
Peter Bruns, the cellist of the Dresden Trio, plays a Carlo Tonini cello from 1730 that was once owned by the famous cellist Pablo Casals.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Antal Doráti, a Hungarian conductor and composer, dedicated an increasing amount of energy to the problem of peace throughout his career, inspired by his childhood impressions of World War I.
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