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Episode 2

Including Smetana: Sarka. Janacek: String Quartet No 2. Bach: English Suite No 5. Gyrowetz: Symphony No 2. Schumann: Symphony No 2. Martinu: Frescoes of Piero della Francesca.

Another mini-festival featuring music and musicians from the Czech Republic and nearby. There's music by three leading Czech composers, Smetana, Janacek and Martinu. But there's also a rare chance to hear music by Gyrowetz, a Czech contemporary of Beethoven

Smetana: Sarka, from, 'Ma Vlast'
Czech Philharmonic
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 ('Intimate Letters')
Skampa Quartet

Bach: English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

Dvorak: Allegro Appasionato -Romantic Pieces Op. 75, No. 1
Ivan Zenat媒 (violin)
Igor Ardasev

Adalbert Gyrowetz: Symphony No. 2 in E flat
South Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Talich (conductor)

Martinu: Frescoes of Piero Della Francesca, H. 352
Czech Philharmonic
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C, op. 61
Czech Philharmonic
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Jan谩膷ek: Jealousy
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Tue 29 Mar 2011 14:00

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 Mar 2011 14:00