Steve Hackman’s Bartók X Björk

Bartók X Björk is an exploration of the avant-garde and adventurous, synthesizing the music of two of the 20th century’s most ingenious musicians. Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is fused with the music of Björk selected from her first three albums, including songs like “Human Behaviour,” “Hyperballad” and “Army of Me.”

These two composers from different genres are beloved for similar reasons: their radical and colorful musical language, extremes of emotional expression and thrilling modernism. Underscoring the fusion are the parallels between the narrative context of Bartók’s Concerto and the subjects of Björk’s songs. Three virtuoso female solo vocalists join the full orchestra.