BBC Philharmonic - Smetana, Bartok, Dvorak

The BBC Philharmonic, Live from Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall play music by Smetana, Bartok and Dvorak. Conducted by Chief Conductor Juanjo Mena, the programme includes Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Live from the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Smetana: Vltava
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2

8.20 Music Interval

8.40
Dvorak: Symphony No.9 (From the New World)

Augustin Hadelich (violin)
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

The influence of folk-song shines through this programme full of rich melody. The immediately recognizable tune of Smetana's Vltava, which takes us on a journey from the source of a river to the sea is followed by Bartok's Second Violin Concerto, a work whose lyricism, warmth and richly idiomatic violin writing belie the techniques used in the piece. Dvorak's final Symphony fuses folk-song idioms from old and new worlds, leaving its unforgettable tunes hanging in the air.