Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 8 January 2009 - Part 1 | 20090108 | In a concert from London's Barbican, the BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrates the vibrancy of Czech music with its chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek, a leading exponent of the music of his homeland. The programme matches Smetana's patriotic overture together with the fireworks and romance of Suk's Fantasy. Dagmar Peckova (soprano) Ivan Zenaty (violin) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Smetana: Overture (Libuse) Suk: Fantasy in G for violin and orchestra. The BBC SO/Jiri Belohlavek in Smetana: Overture (Libuse); Suk: Fantasy in G. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert. |
| Thu, 8 January 2009 - Part 2 | 20090108 | From the Barbican, London. The concert concludes with a work by Mahler, who grew up in a town now located in the Czech Republic, and was strongly influenced by the piquant flavour of local folk music as a youth, as is amply demonstrated in his Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. This is followed by that most romantic and best-loved of all of Dvorak's symphonies, written in memory of the Czech land he had left behind. BBC Symphony Orchestra Dagmar Peckova (soprano) Jiri Belohlavek (conductor) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Dvorak: Symphony No 9 (From the New World). BBC SO in Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Dvorak: Symphony No 9 (New World). Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert. |