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Bohemia and Moravia, historic regions of the Czech Republic, cultivated a rich tradition of cello playing. Steven Isserlis and Connie Shih trace its development from the music of cellist-composer Jan Stiastny (c.1764 - c.1830), ‘the Beethoven of the violoncello’, to striking works by Janáček and Martinů, the latter written in exile following the Nazi annexation... Read more »
A 300-year-old woman confronts mortality, identity and lost love in this concert performance of Janáček’s intense operatic drama. The Makropoulos Affair contains some of Janáček’s most compelling music, starting with its Prelude that hints at the 16th-century birth year of Emilia Marty, complete with pounding timpani and fanfares. From there, Janáček spins a taut drama culminating... Read more »
Dvořák’s Symphony No 9 From the New World introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action. Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert with the London Symphony Orchestra. Written during his years as director of America’s National Conservatory of Music in the 1890s, Dvořák’s... Read more »
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