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Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Works by Weber, Richard Strauss, Mussorgsky and Janacek with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Liebrich. Plus music by Novak and Suk under Ondrej Lenard.

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra with works by Weber, Richard Strauss, Mussorgsky and Janacek, conducted by Alexander Liebrich. Also from Novák and Suk under Ondrej Lenárd.

Presented by Penny Gore.

Closing our week of music from the Czech Republic, we hear two concerts given recently by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. First we have the ensemble conducted by Alexander Liebrich in Carl Maria von Weber's overture to his opera Oberon, followed by Richard Strauss' Oboe concerto, with Vilém Veverka as soloist, then Mussorgsky's mighty orchestral poem Night on Bald Mountain, finishing with Janáček's rhapsody for orchestra Taras Bulba.
Then conductor Ondrej Lenárd takes to the rostrum, with the same ensemble, to perform Novák's 'In the Tatras', describing the mountain range of Eastern Europe, and, closing the concert and this week's Czech performances, Josef Suk's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 'Asrael', inspired by the Old Testament.

2.00pm
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to 'Oberon'
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D, AV 144
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Leoš Janáček: Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra

Vilém Veverka, oboe
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich, conductor

3.10pm
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) - In the Tatras, op. 26 (V Tatrách, op. 26)
Josef Suk: Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 27 ('Asrael')

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenárd, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Oberon - opera in 3 acts J.306 i Overture

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
  • Richard Strauss

    Concerto in D major AV.144 for oboe and orchestra

    Performer: Vilem Veverka. Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the bare mountain

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
  • Leos Janáček

    Taras Bulba - rhapsody for orchestra

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
  • Vítezslav Novák

    V Tatrach [In the Tatra mountains] - symphonic poem Op.26

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.
  • Josef Suk

    Asrael (Symphony) in C minor Op.27

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Oct 2019 14:00