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Bohemian Rhapsodies
BBC Radio 3
This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Leading Czech conductor Petr Altrichter, Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, brings his countryman Dvořák's ebullient Eighth Symphony to City Halls. The sunniest of the composer's symphonies, it's full of lilting melodies and infectious, folk dance-inspired rhythms. Australian pianist Piers Lane joins the orchestra in Martinů's brilliantly jazzy first piano concerto of 1925. Janáček's evocative "ballad" for orchestra "The Fiddler's Child" has a starring role for the orchestra's distinguished leader Elizabeth Layton.
The programme for this concert is available to download in PDF format.
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Janáček (1854-1928)
Janacek
Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and all Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style.
Martinů (1890–1959)
Martinu
Bohuslav Martinů was a prolific Bohemian Czech composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works.
Dvořák (1841-1904)
Dvorak
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. His works include operas, symphonic, choral and chamber music.
Glasgow
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Jan Smaczny
6.15pm in the Recital Room. Jan Smaczny, Hamilton Harty Professor of Music at Queen's University Belfast, and a well known authority on Czech music, explores the work of Martinů, Janáček and Dvořák.
Piers Lane
Approximately 10 minutes after the main concert. Piers Lane and Elizabeth Layton, the BBC SSO’s leader, perform the Allegro moderato from Dvořák’s Four Romantic Pieces, Op.75 and the Andantino from Smetana’s Aus der Heimat (From the Native Country).
London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career which has taken him to more than forty countries. In the past few years, his engagements have included concerto performances at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; a three-recital series called Metamorphoses at London’s Wigmore Hall; the Opening recital of the Sydney International Piano Competition; concerto appearances with the London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham and Halle orchestras among others and festival appearances at Bard and Newport in the USA, Bergen, Elverum and Trondheim in Norway, Como Autumn Music in Italy, Prague Spring, The Ruhr Klavier-Festival and Schloss vor Husum in Germany, La Roque d”Antheron and Paris Chopin in France and Valdemossa Chopin in Majorca.
Elizabeth Layton
Elizabeth was born in London and studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Juilliard School, New York. Returning to London she was a winner of the Young Concert Artists’ Trust competition which then led to numerous recitals and concerto appearances. In 1999 Elizabeth was appointed Leader of the BBC SSO, with whom she also broadcasts regularly as director and soloist.
Petr Altrichter
Principal Conductor of the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra since 2002, Petr Altrichter is one of the Czech Republic’s most distinguished conductors, having made an impressive name for himself through his dynamic and insightful interpretations of the Czech, Russian and German symphonic repertoire in particular.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Formed in December 1935 by Scottish composer and conductor Ian Whyte, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is recognised as one of the UK’s leading orchestras. The winner of several awards, including a Royal Philharmonic Society Award (the only Scottish orchestra to do so) and four Gramophone Awards, its wide repertoire and flexible approach to format means it can perform a complex contemporary piece as a specialist ensemble alongside a major symphonic work. It has a busy broadcasting schedule on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Television and also records commercially.
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