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Dvo艡谩k's dramatic cantata The Spectre's Bride, a Bach Chorale & the premiere of the suite from West Side Story arranged for piano trio, all performed at the Prague Spring Festival.
The Spectre's Bride was commissioned for the 1885 Birmingham festival but first tried out in the Bohemian city of Pilsen a few months earlier. Based on a poem by Karel Jarom铆r Erben, about a young girl who is abducted by a ghost she believes to be the spirit of her lover, it is a wonderful example of Dvo艡谩k's ability to combine folkloric qualities with brilliant compositional technique 鈥� with the added bonus of a solid morality tale. Later in the afternoon we'll hear a concert by the Smetana Trio featuring music by Zemlinsky, Smetana and an arrangement of some very familiar Bernstein.

Dvo艡谩k: The Spectre's Bride, op. 69
Eva Horny谩kov谩 , soprano
Richard Samek , tenor
Adam Plachetka , bass-baritone
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Luk谩拧 Vasilek , choirmaster
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Arming , conductor
Recorded at Smetana Hall

c.3.15pm
Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner , conductor
Recorded at Dvo艡谩k Hall, Rudolfinum

c.3.40pm
Zemlinsky: Piano Trio in D minor, op. 3
Bernstein: Suite from 'West Side Story', for piano trio (Premiere)
Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, op. 15
Smetana Trio:
Jitka Cechova , piano
Radim Kresta , violin
Jan P谩len铆膷ek , cello
Recorded at the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, Prague