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Prom 50 (part 2): Dvorak, Beethoven and Janacek

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra's Prom under Jiri Belohlavek concludes with a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No 7 in A.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Ian Skelly

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Jirí Belohlávek live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms with music by Janacek, Beethoven and Dvorak.

Janacek: From the House of the Dead - overture
Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor

8.30pm Interval

8.50pm
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major

Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jirí Belohlávek (conductor)

The evening opens with the authentic Czech soundscape of Janácek, in the overture from his final opera From the House of the Dead. Recent recordings of the Elgar and Dvorák cello concertos have propelled young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein into a fully fledged musical star. She makes her second visit to the Proms with the Dvorák - one of the great Romantic concertos. The composer sets his soloist against an unusually prominent orchestra, here the forces of the Czech Philharmonic, returning under Chief Conductor Jirí Belohlávek. After the interval Belohlávek directs Beethoven's 'apotheosis of the dance' - Wagner's expression referring to the rhythmic verve of the Seventh Symphony.

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 8th September at 2pm.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Aug 2014 20:50

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
  • Encores

    • Antonín Dvořák

      Slavonic Dance No 3

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Skocna (The Bartered Bride)

    • Oskar Nedbal

      Valse Triste

  • Extra

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Polka

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Aug 2014 20:50

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