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Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Robert Jindra conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius's Valse Triste, Faur茅's Suite from Pell茅as et M茅lisande and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Jan Mr谩cek.

Prague born-and-bred Robert Jindra conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in a tuneful programme recorded at their studio in the city's Main Czech Radio Building, the 85-year-old functionalist cultural historical landmark at the heart of radio broadcasting in the Czech Republic.

Sibelius's Valse Triste, with its earworm tune is probably the most popular six minutes of music he wrote. At the end of the 19th century, Faur茅 was the first composer out of the blocks to be inspired by Pell茅as et M茅lisande, Maurice Maeterlinck's play about forbidden and doomed love (Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius followed). Faur茅 evokes the subtle ambiguities and sudden passionate outbursts of the play's half-lit, erotic, sylvan world with modal harmonies and distant horn calls.

Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Violin Concerto is performed by Jan Mr谩膷ek, laureate of the Prague Spring International Music Competition, winner of the prestigious International Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna and concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic.

Recorded in February and introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op.44
Faur茅: Suite from Pell茅as et M茅lisande, Op. 80

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Robert Jindra (conductor)

8.00 pm
Interval Music (from CD)
Chabrier: Paysage; Idylle; Scherzo-valse (from 10 Pi猫ces pittoresques)
Angela Hewitt (piano)

8.20 pm
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op.35

Jan Mr谩cek (violin)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Robert Jindra (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste, Op.44

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Jindra.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pelleas Et Melisande, Suite Op.80

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Jindra.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Paysage from 10 Pi猫ces pittoresques

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Piano Music by Emmanuel Chabrier.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Idylle from 10 Pi猫ces pittoresques

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Piano Music by Emmanuel Chabrier.
    • Hyperion.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Scherzo-valse from 10 Pi猫ces pittoresques

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Piano Music by Emmanuel Chabrier.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D, Op.35

    Performer: Jan Mr谩膷ek. Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Jindra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der S眉nde,鈥疊WV54

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 82, Ich habe genug: 'Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen'

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter'

    Performer: Peter Hanson. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41 "Jupiter": The English Concert, Trevor Pinnoc.
    • Archiv.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Jun 2021 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3