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Martinu: Out of Exile
From the Barbican Hall,
London, introduced by John Tusa. The BBC Symphony
Orchestra's annual weekend festival this year focuses on the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu , whose music fuses the vibrant folk traditions of his native Bohemia with the 1920s buzz of his adoptive homes - Paris and New York.
Roman Janal (baritone), Raphael Wallfisch (cello),
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Martinu Memorial to Lidice; Field Mass
8.10 Martinu
Anthony Burton presents the first of two interval features exploring
Martinu's colourful life. Czech Roots
This programme moves from Martinu's extraordinary childhood high in the church tower of a small Bohemian town, through studies in Prague and years in France to his eventual departure for America in 1940. 8.30 Cello Concerto No 1; Symphony No 6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques) Next concert Sunday lpm

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Tusa.
Unknown:
Bohuslav Martinu
Cello:
Raphael Wallfisch
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Unknown:
Anthony Burton
Source: Radio Times

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