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Czech Philharmonic’s 2nd Prom plus more Homage to Smetana

Tom McKinney revisits the best of the Proms. Today the Czech Philharmonic plays Dvorak’s Piano Concerto & Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, plus chamber music from Prague & Sheffield.

Presented by Tom McKinney, including another chance to hear last Wednesday night's Prom concert featuring the Prague Philharmonic in Dvorak's Piano Concerto with soloist Mao Fujita, alongside Janacek's celebration of Slavic culture - his Glagolitic Mass in the second half.

And to start today’s Classical Live, there's more chamber music from Prague - a concert given in May to mark the 200th anniversary of Bedrich Smetana's birth.

Zdeněk Liška
Leonardo’s Diary
Prague Wind Quartet

Lukáš Hurník
Cryptonna [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]
Zdenka Košnarová
Ode to Bedřich Smetana [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]
Jan Kučera
Fröjda and Bedřich,[Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]
Ondřej Kukal
Bedřich's Corniade [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]
Prague Horn Quartet
Tomáš Čechal (conductor)

Bedrich Smetana
String Quartet No.1 in E minor “From my life”
Ensemble 360

at 2.05
ѿý Proms - Czech Philharmonic
(first broadcast live on Saturday)

Vítězslava Kaprálová
Military Sinfonietta

Antonin Dvořák
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33
Mao Fujita (piano)
Czech Philharmonic
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

at 3.10
Leos Janacek
Glagolitic Mass
Corinne Winters (soprano)
Bella Adamova (mezzo-soprano)
David Butt Philip (tenor)
Pavel Svingr (bass)
Christian Schmitt (organ)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Czech Philharmonic
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • John Foulds

    An Arabian Night (1936-7)

    Performer: Cynthia Fleming. Performer: Katharine Wood. Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
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  • Zdeněk Liška

    Leonardo's Diary

    Ensemble: Brass Quintet of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra.
  • Lukáš Hurník

    Cryptonna [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]

    Ensemble: Prague Horn Quartet. Conductor: Tomáš Čechal.
  • Zdenka Košnarová

    Ode to Bedřich Smetana [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]

    Ensemble: Prague Horn Quartet. Conductor: Tomáš Čechal.
  • Jan Kučera

    Fröjda and Bedřich [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]

    Ensemble: Prague Horn Quartet. Conductor: Tomáš Čechal.
  • Ondřej Kukal

    Bedřich's Corniade [Hommage à Bedřich Smetana]

    Ensemble: Prague Horn Quartet. Conductor: Tomáš Čechal.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No.1 in E minor, 'From my life'

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Military Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Concerto in G minor

    Performer: Mao Fujita. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
  • Leos Janáček

    Glagolitic Mass

    Performer: Christian Schmitt. Singer: Corinne Winters. Singer: Bella Adamova. Singer: David Butt Philip. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Singer: Pavel Svingr. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Sep 2024 13:00