PLAY FOR RADIO by Tibor Szemző and András Forgách
április 30, 2011 | AN IMPERIAL MESSAGE
MR1. Hungarian Radio
first broadcast on 27. March 2011. at 8.07pm.
Actors:
Dora Diamant – Barbara Massey
Robert Klopstock– Tibor Hegedűs
Franz Kafka – Gergely Kispál
Asphalter and Passenger – Miklós Székely B.
Barrow Wheeler, Bordos – Attila Rácz
Foreman – József Tóth
Driver, Pavel – József Ropog
1st Violin – János Bán
Viola – Ági Szirtes
Cellist – Vilmos Vajdai
Lifeguard – Levente Törköly
Man’s voice from pool – János Kálmán
Man with silver-grey hair – Dezső Garas
David – Dávid Szemző
Shop assistant – Dorottya Gönczi
Andor – Andor Lukáts
Boy – Simon Szemző
Father – László Kistamás
Adele – Denisa Dér
Stuart – Gusztáv Molnár
Edith – Gabriella Hámori
Hannah – Eszter Csákányi
Patient – Gábor Máté
Lady ophthalmologist – Kati Takács
Lady assistant – Kati Andai
Patient No.2 – László Sári
Angel – László Helyey
Narrators:
Outi Hassi – Finn
Liz Szász – English
Thierry Fouilleul – French
Jose Osete – Spanish
Paul (Herschl) Glasser – Yiddish
Luvsandash Erdensuvd – Mongolian
Zhang Yu – Chinese
Takano Kaori – Japanese
Aleem Siddiqui – Urdu
Karma Dorje – Tibetan
Josef Brukner – Czech
and András Forgách, Tibor Szemző – Hungarian
Musicians:
The Tomasini String Quartet:
László Paulik, Erzsébet Rácz, Éva Posvanecz, Balázs Máté
The Gordian Knot Creative Music Lab:
Mihály Huszár – double bass
Zoltán Mizsei – piano
Bálint Pödör– percussions
Tibor Szemző– bassflute
and The Kula Band:
András Zoltán Kiss, Márk Mautner, Dávid Szemző, Bence Gáspár Tamás
Engineers:
Alexander Krestovsky (Prague), Gábor Buckó, Tamás Cornides, Sándor Vesszős
Leading engineer: Károly Liszkai
Producer: Tibor Solténszky
Production assistant: Otília Cseicsner
Directors assistant: Kálmán János
Music in scenes:
Henry Purcell’s Fantasia for 4 viols No. 7 in C minor (Z. 738)
Friedrich Silcher-Albert von Schlippenbach: ‘Nun leb’ wohl, du kleine Gasse’
Music composed and directed by Tibor Szemző
Translators and consultants:
József Gáli, András Forgách, Aarno Peromies, Szonja Ráhel Komoróczy,
Paul (Herschl) Glasser, Luvsandash Erdensuvd, Zhou Xinjian, Aleem Siddiqui,
Karma Dorje, Vladimir Kafka
Special thaks to:
Gaya Arutyunyan, Golmina Babak, Jahanara Bandyopadhyay, Caroline Bodóczky, Fanni Bogáti, András Böröcz, Dr. Jonathan Brent, Vítek Brukner, Carlos De La Torre, Kata Delgado, Wilhelm Droste, Herman Erbst, Jeanette Friedman, Karolina Ferenc, Radka Fidlerova, Nikos Fokas, Hrispine Grigoryan, Tímea Jerger, Andreas Klenner, Beáta Kozák, Ray Massey, Dr. Máriás, Alice Müller, Phill Niblock, Júlia Nyakó, Itzik Pariente, Kamal Pruthi, Sofia Rivadeneira, Samira Sinai, Gerd Stern, Ilona Szemző Molfino, Gün Benderli Togay, David Yengibarjan, Oscar Zarraga, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York and others
The radiopice was recorded at Hungarian Radio Studios, May 2010 – January 2011.