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BBC Radio 3
This concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Stefan Solyom conducts the most Wagnerian of Dvořák's symphonies, dark and immensely powerful. He begins the concert with the biggest of the composer's symphonic poems, a graphic musical portrayal of a Czech folk tale. It was composed right at the end of his life, like Martinů's Fifth Piano Concerto, which again features the superb young Czech pianist, Ivo Kahanek.
The programme for this concert is available to download in PDF format.
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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.
Martinů (1890–1959)
Martinu
Bohuslav Martinu 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 Learn more about Dvořák
Glasgow
Tickets: £10.00-£23.00 (and concessions) and subscription packages
0141-353 8000
(External) http://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/
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Jan Smaczny
6.15pm in the Recital Room. Jan Smaczny introduces Dvořák’s late tone poem The Golden Spinning Wheel and discusses Martinů ’s Fifth Piano Concerto
Ivo Kahánek
Approximately 10 minutes after the main concert. Ivo Kahánek plays excerpts from Miloslav Kabelác’s Eight Preludes, Op.30 and Smetana’s Concert Etude in C major.
The young Czech pianist Ivo Kahánek is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most exciting pianists of his generation. Renowned for his lyrical poeticism and outstanding virtuosity, he won the Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2004 and gained awards at other leading international piano competitions (Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona, Vendome Prize in Vienna, Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Marienbad, Concertino Praga).
Stefan Solyom
Stefan Solyom has rapidly acquired an international reputation to complement his firmly established status in the musical life of his native Sweden. His appearances in the opera house and on the concert platform have drawn praise for their lyrical warmth and strong conviction, and the immediacy of his rapport and engagement with orchestral players has delighted critics, audiences and musicians alike. Stefan Solyom is currently Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and from the start of the 2009/2010 season, Principal Guest Conductor of the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra.
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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