大象传媒

Presented by John Shea.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

City of London Festival 2007

The final week of concerts given at last summer's festival began with a recital from St Andrew's Holborn, by Radio 3 New Generation Artists oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk and the Psophos Quartet.

Britten: Oboe Quartet
Debussy: Quartet for strings in G minor
Alberga: Succubus Moon (world premiere)

Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe)
Psophos Quartet

2.00pm The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and friends

The programme interweaves a whistlestop tour through Czech music since Dvorak with a musical recreation of a remarkable journey. Between 1465 and 1467 the Czech nobleman, diplomat and spy Leo of Rozmital made a pilgrimage from Prague to the Spanish shrine of Santiago de Compostela, travelling there and back through most of Europe.

Dvorak: Symphonic Variations
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Anon (Czech): Melos premat hilariter; Jubilo cum carmine
Discantus
Brigitte Lesne (director)
Alla Francesca
Pierre Hamon (director)
Alta
Pierre Boragno (director)

Ostrcil: Impromptu, Op 13
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

Binchois: Salve sancta parens

Janacek: Taras Bulba
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Anon (English): Alleluia, a newe work

Kapralova: String quartet, Op 8
Kapralova Quartet

Anon (Spanish): Camini por altar torres; Ensalcemos al Apostol

Martinu: Symphony No 1
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Macal (conductor)

Anon (Spanish and Italian): Al jorn del Judici (Sybillic prophecy); Fate d'arera

Barton: After the Sunset
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Olivieri-Monroe (conductor)

Anon (Czech): Jubilo cum carmine.

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