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Smetana's 'M谩 vlast' on Historical Instruments

Tom McKinney with Bach's Cello Suites, Ravel's 'Gaspard de la nuit' and Smetana's complete 'M谩 vlast', specially recorded in Warsaw.

Tom McKinney with specially recorded music from across the UK, Europe and the United States. Includes Maurice Ravel's fiendishly difficult piano suite 'Gaspard de la nuit', played by soloist Juho Pohjonen, as well as Ernest Chausson's Concert in D major for piano, violin and string quartet: both performances captured at the 2023 Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

Jean-Guihen Queyras is in the Artist's Spotlight on Classical Live; Tom chooses a recent concert performance by Queyras of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites.

Elsewhere, Tom celebrates the musical culture of Poland with exclusive concert recordings from the Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival. Tom selects a complete performance of 'M谩 vlast', Bed艡ich Smetana's cycle of six symphonic poems inspired by the legends and landscapes of Bohemia. It's performed in a critically acclaimed new interpretation on period instruments by the Prague Baroque ensemble Collegium 1704 under founder and director V谩clav Luks.

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1pm

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)

Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Juho Pohjonen (piano)

Ernest Chausson
Concert in D major, Op.21
Paul Huang (violin)
Zolt谩n Fej茅rv谩ri (piano)
Miami String Quartet

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2.30pm

Bed艡ich Smetana
M谩 vlast:
I.Vy拧ehrad (The High Castle)
II. Vltava
III. 艩谩rka
IV. Z 膷esk媒ch luh暖 a h谩j暖 (From Bohemian Fields and Groves)
V. T谩bor
VI. Blan铆k
Collegium 1704
V谩clav Luks (conductor)

Gra偶yna Bacewicz
Overture
91热爆 Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

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Release date:

2 hours, 58 minutes

On radio

Tomorrow 13:00

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