Prom 56: The Bohemian Reformation

Live at BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, conducted by Jakub Hrůša, perform a programme of Czech music by Smetana, Janáček, Dvořák, Suk, and Martinů.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Traditional: Hussite Chorale 'Ktož jsú Boži bojovníci' (You Who Are Warriors of God)
Smetana: Tábor; Blaník (Má vlast)
Martinů: Field Mass

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INTERVAL: Proms Extra: Musicologists Jan Smaczny and Gavin Plumley discuss Czech music. Highlights of the Proms Extra event recorded earlier this evening at Imperial College Union, hosted by Louise Fryer.

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Dvořák: Hussite Overture
Janáček: Song of the Hussites (The Excursions of Mr Brouček)
Josef Suk: Prague

Svatopluk Sem (baritone)
Men of the BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša (conductor)

Rising star conductor Jakub Hrůša presents an all-Czech concert with the BBC SO and the BBC Singers. Smetana's evocative tone-poem Ma vlast sits alongside Martinů's Field Mass - written in 1939 at the start of World War Two and written for outdoor performance - and Suk's Prague. This is music of protest, anger and national pride.