Heather Corbett
Hary Janos
Sunday 11 May 2008 17:00-18:30 (Radio 3)
Charles Hazlewood joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra before an audience at Glasgow's City Halls for an exploration of Kodaly's famous Hary Janos, an opera that in the 1920s established the composer as a musician of international standing. Considered a Hungarian 'nationalist' work, it tells the story of a figure who singlehandedly saves the country from Napoleon's army.
And cimbalom player Heather Corbett joins Charles for a profile of the cimbalom, Hungary's national instrument and a prominent feature in Hary Janos. They consider the development of the instrument from the traditional folk dulcimar, and look at how composers as diverse as Liszt, Stravinsky and Boulez have written for it.
Duration:
1 hour 30 minutes
Playlist
Chants de Karospatak (Trad.)
Bekes Banda
Play Sound PS 65117
Track 10
Circus Galop (Trad. Arr. Patrick Cooke)
Marianne and her Gypsy Orchestra
JKMP Productions
MO 9596
Track 4
Stravinsky: Les Noces 1923 Version
Adrienne Hauser, Zoltan Kocsis, Pi-hsien Chen, Imre Rohmann: Pianos
Amadinda Percussion Ensemble
Aurel Hollo, Benedek Toth: Percussion
Peter Eotvos: Cond.
Hungaraton HCD 12989
Track 2
Stravinsky: Les Noces 1917 Version
Savaria Symphony Orchestra
Peter Eotvos: Cond.
Hungaraton HCD 12989
Track 6
Stravinsky: Ragtime
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi: Cond
Chandos CHAN 9291
Track 1
Boulez: Eclat
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Boulez: Cond.
Montaigne MO 780518
Track 9
