Episodes
| First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|
| 20090105 | Jonathan Swain presents Czech music from the BBC orchestras. Smetana: Overture (The Bartered Bride) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Dvorak: Concerto in B minor for cello and orchestra, Op 104 Alban Gerhardt (cello) Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 Jorg Widmann: ad absurdum Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Bruckner: Symphony No 7 Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Jonathan Swain with Czech music, including Smetana, Dvorak, Bartok, Widman and Bruckner. |
| 20090106 | Jonathan Swain presents Czech music from the BBC Orchestras. Smetana: Richard III BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Suk: Serenade in E flat for string orchestra, Op 6 BBC National Orchestra of Wales Walter Weller (conductor) Zemlinsky: Sinfonietta, Op 23 Smetana: Vltava (Ma vlast) Dvorak: Trio No 4 for piano and strings, Op 90 (Dumky) Kungsbacka Trio Dvorak: The Water Goblin BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 38 (Prague) Stefan Solyom (conductor). Presented by Jonathan Swain. Czech music, including Smetana, Suk, Zemlinsky and Dvorak. |
| 20090107 | Jonathan Swain presents Hummel: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, plus a work by Mahler. |