Live From The Bridgewater Hall [Performance On 3]

Presented by Martin Handley

Two works by Czech composers surround a work by a composer often influenced by Slavic music. Dvorak's Slavonic Dances took Brahms's similarly titled set as their inspiration, but whereas Brahms used actual folk melodies Dvo?ak's pieces took the character of folk dances but the melodies are entirely his own.

Brahms's epic 1st Piano Concerto is performed by the Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic who has Brahms in his blood - he recently made his own piano and orchestra transcription of Brahms's Violin Concerto. Janကcek's Taras Bulba is an orchestral fantasy that takes three key moments from a novel by Gogol which recounts the death of the protagonist and his sons.

Dvorak: Slavonic Dances

Brahms: Piano Concerto no.1

Dejan Lazic (piano)

BBC Philharmonic

Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky in Dvorak: Slavonic Dances. Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Presented by Martin Handley

Two works by Czech composers surround a work by a composer often influenced by Slavic music. Dvorak's Slavonic Dances took Brahms's similarly titled set as their inspiration, but whereas Brahms used actual folk melodies Dvo?ak's pieces took the character of folk dances but the melodies are entirely his own.

Brahms's epic 1st Piano Concerto is performed by the Croatian pianist Dejan Lazic who has Brahms in his blood - he recently made his own piano and orchestra transcription of Brahms's Violin Concerto. Janကcek's Taras Bulba is an orchestral fantasy that takes three key moments from a novel by Gogol which recounts the death of the protagonist and his sons.

Janကcek: Taras Bulba

Dejan Lazic (piano)

BBC Philharmonic

Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).

Vassily Sinaisky conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Janacek's Taras Bulba.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.