Da Capo: Stories from Classical Music

Hinke Younger
Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song for Orchestra, “The Peacock”: 1. Moderato and 2. Con Brio (Theme) (comp. Zoltán Kodály, perf. Charles Dutoit, Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal)
This week’s topic: Folk Influences in Classical Music

1. Mazurka, Op. 6 (comp. Frédéric Chopin, perf. Vladimir Ashkenazy)
2. Bagatelles, Op. 47: I. Allegretto scherzando and II. Tempo di menuetto (comp. Antonîn Dvořák, perf. Takács Quartet)
4. Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song for Orchestra, “The Peacock”: 1. Moderato and 2. Con Brio (Theme) (comp. Zoltán Kodály, perf. Charles Dutoit, Orchestra Symphonique de Montréal)
5. Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46: I. Introduction. Grave, adagio cantabile (comp. Max Bruch, perf. Joshua Bell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields)
6. Four Dances from Estancia: Los Peonies de Hacienda & Danza Final (comp. Alberto Ginastera, perf. la Orquestra Sinfonica di Venezuela, Theodore Kuchar)
7. 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: IV. Hoe Down (comp. Aaron Copland, perf. Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic)

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