(1907-95)
One of the last survivors of the golden age of Hollywood,
Miklos Rozsa was a spellbinding pioneer of film music. His double life took in every film genre from oriental fantasy to big-screen epic via whodunit, as well as works destined for the concert hall which were championed by conductors like Charles Munch and Bruno Walter. Roderic Dunnett follows Rozsa from his early years in Hungary via Leipzig and Paris (where he was befriended by Honegger and Dupre) to his first film triumphs in London for Alexander Korda.
The Four Feathers (excerpts) Film soundtrack
Hungarian Folk Song
Budapest Gypsy Orchestra
North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances. Isabella Lippi (violin), John Novacek (piano) Bagatelle No 1
Albert Dominguez (piano)
The Thief of Baghdad (excerpts) RPO, conductor Elmer Bernstein
Theme, Variations and Finale
New York Philharmonic, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Producer Tim Thome
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm
SOUNDING THE CENTURY