Our theme today is another dose of the humor of Gerard Hoffnung.
German artist and
musician, best known for his humorous works, born 22 March 1925 in
Berlin, Germany and died 28 September 1959 in London, England, UK. The second of three, possibly four shows on this same topic. Today we feature the Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival of 1958.
Introductory Music Played In The Foyer
Two Excerpts From A Hoffnung Festival Overture
Metamorphasis On A Bed Time Theme
Sugar Plums
The Famous Tay Whale
A Movement From Concerto For Conductor And Orchestra
Punkt Contrapunkt
Excerpts From The United Nations
Waltz For Restricted Orchestra
Let's Fake An Opera
Giuseppe Verdi – Hamletto, or Prosciuttino - Voice of Anna Russell – Anna Russell - Encore (?)
Jarmila Mazourová and Michal Šilar playing "A Funny Waltz" by Dmitri Shostakovich.
Brian Eno and the Portsmouth Sinfonia Blue Danube
Vienna Philharmonic Blue Danube
A Hymn to the United Nations, words W.H. Auden, music Pablo Casals, Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus of the National Academic Bolshoj Opera Theatre of Belarus
Conductor: Vyachaslau Bartnouski Choirmaster: Nina Lamanovich
Ophir Ilzetzki Point counter Point (2005_6), Still Life with Riots
Clemens Gadenstätter, Polyskopie Für kleines Orchester Peter Eötvös, conductor
Judy Collins - Farewell to Tarwathie, Whales & Nightingales (1970)
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