Korney Chukovsky

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.