Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly heard Roma bands when he was growing up, and later incorporated some of those tunes into his own music. On today's show, hear Kodaly's Dances of Galanta, from a recent concert in Stockholm, Sweden.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Jacques Casterede: 5 Bagatelles No. 1, Incantation
Cobus Du Toit, flute; Christina Jennings, flute; Julie Thornton, flute; Brook Ellen Ferguson, flute
Casterede: Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 3
Naxos NA
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances from Galanta
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lorenzo Viotti, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie in B-flat Major
J Thornton, flute; M Kroth, bassoon; M Thornton, horn; S Hancock, oboe; T Prabhu, oboe; A Rist, clarinet; B Namkoong, clarinet, Wei-Tzu Wang, bassoon; C Roberts, horn; S Grace, conductor
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Ernest Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle, Op. 37
Ara Gregorian, violin; Lina Tetriani, soprano; Dimitri Murrath, viola; Meta Weiss, cello; Axel Strauss, violin; Adam Neiman, piano
Manchester Music Festival, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter Symphony" - Movement 3 Menuetto: Allegretto
Orchestra of St. Luke's; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41
Saint Luke's 3001
Antonin Dvorak: Silent Woods
Sarah Lewis, cello; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
SPCO Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN
Jim Stephenson: Chase Sequence
George Chase, trumpet; Jason Adams, trumpet; Gavin Reed, French horn; Thomas Hulten, tenor trombone; Jared Lantz, bass trombone
ROCO, Midtown Arts and Theater Center, Houston, TX
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": Mvts 1-2
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
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