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BBC Proms 98

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A visiting orchestra comes to the Proms with a strongly distinctive national sound - warm, reedy and alive with the folk rhythms of the Czech Republic. The earthy style of their compatriot Janacek is linked to a similar Viennese tradition which Mahler tapped into and brilliantly transformed.

Czech Philharmonic, conductor Charles Mackerras

Janacek Suite: The Cunning Little Vixen; Taras Bulba

9.00 Britons and Bohemians
Why have the British misunderstood the Czech lands?

9.20 Mahler Symphony No 1

(Repeated Friday 2pm)
See Brian Kay: page 38

Contributors

Musicians:
Czech Philharmonic
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras
Source: Radio Times

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