Béla Bartók in Porto - March, 1906
from Béla Bartók Letters, page 331:
That Vecsey-Saint-Saëns affair happened as follows: We were in Portugal, in Oporto, at the time. Saint-Saëns was also there. Papa Vecsey was intent on bringing him and Frankie together. I don’t know which concerto was to be ‘performed’, I can’t remember even the key, nor anything else about it, except that the son played the (end) andante movement at an impossibly slow tempo – obviously following his father’s advice. The composer arrived in the room of the hotel, and we started to play. When … more >>
Béla Bartók, and Demény, János (ed.), Béla Bartók Letters (London, 1971), p. 331. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1450122544141 accessed: 28 November, 2024
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Saint-Saëns's violin concerto
written by Saint-Saens |
performed by Béla Bartók, Franz von Vecsey |
Experience Information
Date/Time | March, 1906 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Letter from Béla Bartók to József Szigeti, Ashville, N.C., January 30th, 1944.