Summary: Podcast host Mark Travis and Music Director Alan Gilbert introduce the three-week Hungarian Echoes: A Philharmonic Festival. Artistic Administrator John Mangum discusses Haydn's early masterful three-symphony cycle that binds the festival, beginning with the Sixth, Le Matin; pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard describes Ligeti's Piano Concerto, which he calls "an absolute masterpiece"; and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen speaks of the difficult time during which Bartók composed his Concerto for Orchestra.
