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Prom 49: Czech Philharmonic play Dvořák and Suk

Live at the ѿý Proms: the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jakub Hrůša in Suk's Asrael Symphony and Anastasia Kobekina is the soloist in Dvorak's Cello Concerto.

Live at the ѿý Proms: the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jakub Hrůša in Suk's Asrael Symphony and Anastasia Kobekina is the soloist in Dvorak's Cello Concerto.

Presented by Tom Service, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor

c.8.10pm
INTERVAL: Head of Music at the Barbican Centre in London, Helen Wallace, joins presenter Tom Service to share her selection of highlights from the week ahead at the Royal Albert Hall.

c.8.30pm
Josef Suk: Symphony No. 2, ‘Asrael’

Anastasia Kobekina (cello)
Czech Philharmonic
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

When the great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák died, his protégé and son-in-law Josef Suk wrote three movements of a symphony in his mentor’s memory. Then tragedy struck again: Suk’s wife, Dvořák’s own daughter, died too. Added to the long-breathed, lyrical symphony Suk had written came two new movements: a furious scherzo and a transcendental statement of acceptance, finding peace in the beauty and renewal of the natural world. Celebrating the Year of Czech Music, the Republic’s flagship orchestra visits the Proms for a concert that combines Suk’s monumental symphony of grief with the gorgeous Cello Concerto by his beloved father-in-law.

2 hours, 44 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Concerto In B Minor Op.104

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
  • Vladimir Kobekin

    Galliarda Variations on an Ancient Theme

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
  • Josef Suk

    Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Florian Donderer. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Kiveli Dörken.
    • ARS Produktion.
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Military Sinfonietta, Op. 11

    Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Alena Hron.
    • Kaprálová: The Completed Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 105.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Ferdinand Ries. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Beethoven for Three.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Steve Reich

    Jacob's Ladder

    Singer: Tara Bungard. Singer: Micaela Haslam. Singer: Benedict Hymas. Singer: Will Wright. Choir: Synergy Vocals. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Director: George Jackson.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, WAB 105: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro moderato

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1–9.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 504.
  • Josef Suk

    Asrael (Symphony) In C Minor Op.27

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K 397

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Single.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Erato.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Aug 2024 19:30

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