Bartók Béla, ifj.: Chronicles of Béla Bartók's Life (Budapest, 2021)
Great Concert Tours on Two Continents (1922–1931)
GREAT CONCERT TOURS ON TWO CONTINENTS (1 922-1 931 ) 1927 5 February - At the Budapest Opera House he listens to the performance of János Háry with his son Béla. 12 February - He writes Mrs Keppich b. Irma Molnár in Kolozsvár about his next itinerary in Transylvania. - Letter to Universal Edition. 17 February - From Budapest he writes the Musical Courier, then leaves for Arad. 18 February - Piano recital at the Cultural Palace of Arad. His programme, beside four old Italian composers, contains Beethovens Sonata in A flat major Op. 26, Chopins Scherzo in B flat minor, Kodály s Transylvanian Lament, Nos. 4 and 5 from Piano Music, and his own pieces for piano, the first movement of Sonata included. 19 February - He leaves Arad for Nagyvárad via Nagyszalonta. On the train he writes a letter about his wife’s illness to his mother and aunt in Pozsony, and in Nagyvárad writes a postcard to his son Béla about his planned return home (which eventually got modified due to his illness). In the evening he gives a piano recital in Nagyvárad, with the previous day’s Arad programme. 20 February - He leaves Nagyvárad for Kolozsvár where the programme of his recital is the same once again as that of the previous two concerts. 21 February - Travel from Kolozsvár to Brasov where he gives a piano recital at the ceremonial hall of the Honterus Grammar School. Programme: Mozart’s Phantasy in C minor, Scarlatti’s Sonata in G major, della Ciaja’s Canzone in C major, Beethoven’s Sonata in A flat major Op. 26, Kodály ’s Transylvanian Lament and Piano Music, Chopin’s Nocturne in C sharp minor and Scherzo in B flat minor, Bartok’s Sonata, Dirge No. 1, 1st series of Kolindas. Burlesque No. 1, and one piece from the series For Children. 22 February - He falls ill in Brasov, and is lying in bed for days at Hotel Krone. 24 February - He writes a postcard to Dr. Károly Ziegler (his first wife Márta 261
