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Music Matters: Jiri Belohlavek, In Prague with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bela Bartok

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30/05/2015

Jiri Belohlavek, In Prague with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bela Bartok

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Jiri Belohlavek, In Prague with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Bela Bartok

Tom Service discusses the unique sound of the Czech Philharmonic and a new book on Bartok.

Jiri Belohlavek talks to Tom Service about rejoining the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Rob Cameron discusses the orchestra's history in Prague. Plus a new book on Bartok.

Tom Service speaks to Jiri Belohlavek, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic and Rob Cameron, the BBC's correspondent in Prague attends rehearsals for the Prague Spring Festival to look into the orchestra's history, future and unique sound. Tom also discusses a new book on the Hungarian composer Bela Bartok by David Cooper, which he reviews with the writer and translator Kenneth Chalmers.

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