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Prague Spring Festival

An all-Bohemian concert featuring music by Zdenek Fibich, Eugen Suchon and Leos Janacek followed by the last cantata for the week plus Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet.

The Afternoon starts with the closing concert of the 2018 Prague Spring International Music Festival in which James Judd conducts the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-Bohemian programme featuring music by Zden臎k Fibich, Eugen Sucho艌 & Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek. After the concert we'll hear the last of our Bach Cantatas for the week plus Tchaikovsky' proving himself a genius of orchestral colour & Brahms proving his mastery of the large-scale chamber form.

Fibich: Comenius, op. 34
Suchon: 沤alm zeme podkarpatskej, op. 12
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Jan Vac铆k, tenor
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus
Jozef Chabro艌, chorusmaster
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
James Judd, conductor
Recorded at Smetana Hall

c.3.15pm
Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner , conductor
Recorded at Dvo艡谩k Hall, Rudolfinum

c.3.40pm
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture
Recorded at Smetana Hall
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marko Ivanovi膰 , conductor
Recorded at Smetana Hall

c.4pm
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A, op. 26
Julian Rachlin , violin
Sarah McElravy , viola
Boris Andrianov , cello
Itamar Golan , piano
Recorded at Dvo艡谩k Hall, Rudolfinum

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Fri 25 Jan 2019 14:00
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Music Played

  • Zdenek Fibich

    Comenius - festive overture Op.34 for orchestra

    Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Conductor: James Judd.

  • Eugen Suchon

    Zalm zeme podkarpatskej [Psalm of the Carpathian lands] Op.12 for tenor, chorus and orchestra

    Singer: Jan Vac铆k. Choir: Slovak Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Jozef Chabro艌. Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Conductor: James Judd.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Conductor: James Judd.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 140 BWV.140 (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marko Ivanovic.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Quartet no. 2 in A major Op.26 for piano and strings

    Performer: Julian Rachlin. Performer: Sarah McElravy. Performer: Boris Andrianov. Performer: Itamar Golan.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Celadensky (Lachian Dances)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois Huybrechts.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta etc.
    • DECCA.
    • 013.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Jan 2019 14:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3