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
Frederic Chopin: 2 Mazurkas: Op. 6/2 & Op. 24/2
Emanuel Ax, piano
Chopin: Scherzos, Mazurkas
Sony 44544
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in C ('Con una Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale')
Il Giardino Armonico; Giovanni Antonini, conductor
Actus Humanus Festival, Artus Court, Gdansk, Poland
David Baker: Roots II
Eliot Heaton, violin; Max Geissler, cello; Michelle Cann, piano
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C-sharp Minor, Op.39
Anna Han, piano
Southeastern Piano Festival, University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall, Columbia, SC
Hour 2
Jacques Casterede: from 5 Bagatelles: No. 1 Incantation
Cobus Du Toit, Christina Jennings, Julie Thornton, Brook Ellen Ferguson, flutes
Casterede: Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 3
Naxos NA
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances from Galanta
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Lorenzo Viotti, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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
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