From high atop Corning New York, it's time
once
again for Sadko's World of Music. The role of Sadko today is being
played by Old Man Winter
.
Scooter the Wonder Dog will be played by Charlie. The role
of the Bobbsie Twins is being
played by Zelda and Imelda Marcos. The role of Ken Moss is
being
played by Father Time. The role of Brian Carpenter is being played by
the Wicked Witch of the West. In the third half of the
program, the role of
Lenny the Listener
will be played by Bruce Dern. Our featured great Russian
writer today is Korney Chukovsky. . His catchy rhythms, inventive rhymes and absurd characters have invited comparisons with the American children's author Dr. Seuss. Chukovsky's poems
Tarakanishche ("The Monster Cockroach"),
Krokodil ("The Crocodile"),
Telefon ("The Telephone") and
Moydodyr ("Wash-'em-Clean") have been favorites with many generations of Russophone children. Lines from his poems, in particular
Telefon, have become universal catch-phrases in the Russian media and everyday conversation. He adapted the Doctor Dolittle stories into a book-length Russian poem as
Doktor Aybolit ("Dr. Ow-It-Hurts"), and translated a substantial portion of the Mother Goose canon into Russian as
Angliyskiye Narodnyye Pesenki ("English Folk Rhymes"). He was also an influential literary critic and essayist .
Ravel, Maurice,1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Ballet) Mother Goose suite. Angel [1970] Originally for piano, 4 hands. Orchestre de Paris; Serge Baudo, conductor.
