Tag: Franz Lehar

It’s got to be tough being Hungarian going into Halloween week. So many vampires. So many bad Bela Lugosi impressions.

This week on “Sweetness and Light,” we forgo any mention of Castle Dracula and lean into the paprika and poppyseed for an hour of Hungarian delights.

Enjoy a selection from a beloved film score by Miklós Rózsa (you can take the composer out of Hungary, but you can’t take Hungary out of the composer!), a “Hungarian Capriccio” by Eugene Zador (who assisted Rózsa as an orchestrator), some old Hungarian dances arranged by Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian fantasies by Franz Lehár and Franz Doppler, Doppler’s orchestration of a work by Franz Liszt, Liszt’s arrangement of a patriotic melody, and a schmaltzy treatment of a work by Jenő Hubay.

Next week, we’ll pull out the stakes for a supernatural celebration. For now, we’ll disregard the ghouls in favor of goulash, on “Sweetness and Light.” There will be two chances to indulge – this Saturday morning at 11:00 EDT/8:00 PDT, WITH A REPEAT Sunday evening at 9:00 EDT/6:00 PDT – exclusively on KWAX Classical Oregon!

Stream it wherever you are at the link:

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/