Nostalgia is a sweet but dangerous thing. Too much sugar and it loses its authenticity. Too much vinegar and it's more painful than satisfying. When he was past 50, Zoltan Kodaly resurrected a favorite childhood memory, hearing the local Gypsy musicians in his home town of Galanta. He came up with just the right blend of sugar and spice, of energy and reflection, in his Dances of Galanta. We'll hear it, from a concert in Paris.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Zoltan Kodaly: Epigrams
The Budapest Clarinet Quintet
Johann Paul von Westhoff: Sonata in A (La Guerra)
Daniel Hope, violin, Darrett Adkins, cello, Kenneth Merrill, harpsichord
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Andrea Falconieri: Ciaccona a 3
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
Georg Philipp Telemann: Violin Concerto in A Minor, TWV 51:a1
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is David Amor from Galesburg, Illinois
Anonymous: Excerpts from the Uhrovec Collection
Milos Valent, violin, Jan Rokyta, cimbalom, the Holland Baroque Society
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Hour 2
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata Marziale
The Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Walter Boudreau: Valse de l'Asile (Waltz of the Asylum)
Alain Lefevre, piano, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Nathan Brock, conductor
Wilfrid-Pelletier Hall, Montreal, Quebec
Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 1
Havard Gimse, piano
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Robert Schumann: Marchenbilder (Fairytale Pictures), for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Henning Kraggerud, viola, Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
The Aspen Concert Orchestra, Case Scaglione, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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