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October 11, 2010
A Musical Sneeze, and an Entertaining Lie
In Hungarian lore, anything you say after a sneeze can be taken as gospel truth. Hence, the musical "sneeze" at the beginning of the Hary Janos Suite, by Zoltan Kodaly. The piece tells the story of a legendary liar, bragging about his extraordinary, but fictional, exploits. ("I singlehandedly defeated the French! Napoleon was on his knees, begging for mercy!") But...he vows that every word is true. Gilbert Varga leads the Central German Radio Symphony, in concert in Leipzig.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture to King Stephan, Op. 117
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Maurice Ravel
In the Manner of Emmanuel Chabrier
Di Wu, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 32 in C, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob. III:39 (The Bird)
The Jerusalem Quartet
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
hour 2
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Zoltan Kodaly
Epigrams
The Budapest Clarinet Quintet
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Georg Philipp Telemann
La Bizarre, Overture and Suite in G
The Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin
Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal, Quebec
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Aram Khachaturian
Waltz from Masquerade
Brigitte Engerer and Boris Berezovsky, pianos
Grange de la Touviere, Meinier, Switzerland
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Zoltan Kodaly
Hary Janos Suite
The Central German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gilbert Varga, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
