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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: Czech Music

Afternoon Concert: Czech Music: Episode 1

Episode 1

Czech Music

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Czech Music, Episode 1

Including music by Dvorak, Pavel Vlanicky, Szymanowski, Debuzzy and Janacek.

Series featuring Czech music. Dvorak: Carnival. Haydn: String Quartet, Op 103 (excpt). Pavel Vlanicky: Trio, Op 32. Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G minor. Plus Szymanowski and Janacek.

This week's programmes are a mini-festival of Czech music and musicians. Today there's music by Dvorak and Smetana and a performance of Haydn by a leading Czech chamber group. There's also a visit from a near-neighbour, with music by the Polish composer Szymanowski played by his leading 'local' interpreter.


Dvorak: Carnival (Op.92)
Czech Philharmonic
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op. 103 (fragment)
Skampa Quartet

Pavel Vranicky: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, op. 32/2
Jiri Vodicka (violin)
Petr Nouzovsky (cello)
Miroslav Sekera (piano)

Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 33, B. 63
Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
Czech Philharmonic
Eliahu Inbal (conductor)

Debussy: Nocturnes, symphonic triptych for orchestra and chorus
Czech Philharmonic
Tomas Netopil (conductor)

Szymanowski: Metopes
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

Janacek: Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra
Czech Philharmonic
Eliahu Inbal (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Czech Music

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Series featuring Czech music, and performances by musicians from the Czech Republic

Series featuring Czech music, and performances by musicians from the Czech Republic and nearby

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