London, 1934: Béla Bartók's "Cantata Profana" with subtitle "The Nine Splendid Stags", for tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra, was first performed in a BBC concert on 25 May 1934. A sad story about an old father who teaches his nine sons the art of hunting, until one day, deep in the forest, all his sons were magically turned forever into nine stags.