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Composers of the Week: Bartok and Kodaly

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

With Paul Hindmarsh.
"Kodaly's music is much more gentle and human than mine." (Bartok) After the turmoil of the post-1918 political upheavals, Bartok and Kodaly are established as the two giants of Hungarian music.
Kodaly The Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos )
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
Bartok Violin Sonata No 2 (2nd mvt) Gidon Kremer , Yuri Smirnov (piano) Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus
Peter Svensson (tenor), Copenhagen Boys' Choir, Danish National Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Bartok Dance Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Hindmarsh.
Unknown:
Hary Janos
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Unknown:
Gidon Kremer
Piano:
Yuri Smirnov
Piano:
Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus
Tenor:
Peter Svensson
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Source: Radio Times

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