A nice simple one today – this is one of those pieces of music that needs little explanation. It’s loud, it’s boisterous and it puts an enormous smile on my face, and this performance by Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival orchestra does it with great panache.
DUOS Change and Conflict
A tightly constructed programme of music by Graźyna Bacewicz. Paul HIndemith and Dmitri Shostokovich reflects both the musical and political moods of the 1930s and 40s.
