Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
New videos and pieces everyday.
Like and subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnecaf9_nSWT__lhfu4EYpg
The Miraculous Mandarin (Hungarian: A csodálatos mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73, is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music.
The Miraculous Mandarin is scored for three flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling piccolo), three oboes (3rd doubling English horn), three clarinets (second doubling E-flat clarinet and third doubling bass clarinet), three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns (second and fourth doubling Wagner tuba), three trumpets in C, three trombones, bass tuba, timpani, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, xylophone, celesta, harp, piano, organ, choir, and strings.
Performers:
- Members of the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
- Thomas Peck (Choir director)
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin (Conductor)
New videos and pieces everyday.
Like and subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnecaf9_nSWT__lhfu4EYpg
The Miraculous Mandarin (Hungarian: A csodálatos mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73, is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the 1916 story by Melchior Lengyel. Premiered on 27 November 1926 conducted by Eugen Szenkar at the Cologne Opera, Germany, it caused a scandal and was subsequently banned on moral grounds. Although more successful at its Prague premiere, it was generally performed during the rest of Bartók's life in the form of a concert suite, which preserves about two-thirds of the original pantomime's music.
The Miraculous Mandarin is scored for three flutes (2nd and 3rd doubling piccolo), three oboes (3rd doubling English horn), three clarinets (second doubling E-flat clarinet and third doubling bass clarinet), three bassoons (third doubling contrabassoon), four horns (second and fourth doubling Wagner tuba), three trumpets in C, three trombones, bass tuba, timpani, snare drum, tenor drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, xylophone, celesta, harp, piano, organ, choir, and strings.
Performers:
- Members of the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
- Thomas Peck (Choir director)
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Leonard Slatkin (Conductor)
