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 concert at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in c minor K. 406 Movement 2: Andante
Dover Quartet | Michael Tree, viola
Album: Dover Quartet Plays Mozart
Cedille 167
Joachim Raff: Cavatina, from Six Morceaux No. 3, Op. 85
Sherniyaz Mussakhan, violin | Swiss Orchestra | Lena-Lisa Wustendorfer, conductor
EBU, 12 Concerts from Switzerland, Andermatt Concert Hall, Andermatt, Switzerland
Camille Saint-Saens: Morceau de Concert for Horn and Piano, Op. 94
Jeffrey Fair, horn | Paige Roberts Molloy, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Center for Chamber Music, Seattle, WA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Ignaz Lachner: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
Orli Shaham, piano | The Parker Quartet | Luca Lombardi, bass
Chamber Music Athens Festival, Bernard Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
Hour 2
Enrique Soro: Fantastic Dance
Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Album: Inca Trail Connections
Naxos 574266
Leos Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"
Bob Anemone, violin | Rachel Ostler, violin | Madeline Sharp, viola | Brad Ritchie, cello
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
Frederic Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39 in C-sharp minor
Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Close Encounters with Music, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, MA
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Grand Teton Festival Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
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