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Last broadcast on Wed, 20 Jul 2011, 20:40 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
BBC PROMS 2011
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Tom Service
A Czech evening with Dvorak's Cello Concerto and a Proms first performance for the six symphonic poems of Má vlast by Smetana.
Dvorák's Cello Concerto is full of melody and heartfelt sentiment, to which French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras will bring both youthful urgency and intimacy, if his recording with tonight's conductor is anything to go by. The work is widely regarded as the finest concerto ever written for the instrument. Nostalgia turns to nationalism in the second half, with Smetana's Má vlast - a glorious musical touchstone for 'the resurrection of the Czech nation, its future happiness and glory'.
Smetana: Má vlast
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlávek (conductor)
This Prom will be repeated on Friday 22 July at 2pm.
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Music played
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Bedrich Smetana
— Ma vlast [My country] - cycle of symphonic poemsConductor: Jiri Belohlavek Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Antonin Dvorak
— Cello ConcertoPerformer: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jiri Belohlávek
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Bedrich Smetana
— Má vlast
Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra Composer: Jiri Belohlávek (conductor)
Broadcast
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Wed 20 Jul 201120:40
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