New audio: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, “Carnival at Pest” by Franz Liszt, transcribed by Marine Band Chief Arranger Master Sgt. Donald Patterson. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 (known as Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in the numbering of the piano versions) was published in Vienna in 1853, a time when Hungary was struggling for independence from Austria. It is one of the only rhapsodies to which he assigned a subtitle, and “Carnival at Pest” refers not only to the imagery he hoped to convey with this music, but also because it was at one of these festivals that he first heard the gypsy themes he included in his setting. Liszt became a national hero in his native land because of his musical genius, and nationalistic rhapsodies. Many of these folk melodies might have otherwise been lost had Liszt not preserved them.Col. Colburn conducted this selection in concert Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts Concert Hall in Fairfax, Va.
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:30:54 +0000
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