Bartók in 1911, the year he completed Bluebeard’s Castle, his only opera Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Royal Albert Hall, London Give Iván Fischer a hat and he’ll pull a rabbit out of it, as well as conjuring a Beethoven Seven of thrust (the term ‘slow introduction’ didn’t apply here), purpose, the exposition (repeated, regrettably, this … Continue reading BBC Proms 2025 – Budapest Festival Orchestra. Iván Fischer conducts Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony & Bartók’s A kékszakállú herceg vára/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Live on BBC Radio 3.