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Radio 3,26 Mar 2026,176 mins

Shostakovich's 5th Symphony from Prague

Classical Live

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Mark Forrest introduces an afternoon of exclusive concert recordings from the Czech Republic plus chamber music by Vaughan-Williams and his contemporaries from London's LSO St. Luke's Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks) Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra TomÔŔ Hanus (conductor) From LSO St. Luke’s: Grace Williams ā€˜The Billows of the Sea’ - 3. Black-Eyed Susan Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) William Vann (piano) HenriĆ«tte Bosmans Peome for cello and orchestra Gemma Rosefield (cello) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra George Vass (conductor) Leonard Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Jan SedlĆ”Äek (conductor) From LSO St. Luke’s: Ralph Vaughan-Williams The Lark Ascending Geneva Lewis (violin) Sam Armstrong (piano) Geraldine Mucha Suite, Pictures from the Å umava - Letni Den (Summer Day) BBC Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) From LSO St. Luke’s: Benjamin Britten Reveille - Concert study for violin and piano Geneva Lewis (violin) Sam Armstrong (piano) Jean Sibelius The Oceanides, Op. 73 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Jakub HrÅÆÅ”a (conductor)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
    Richard Strauss
  3. 2.
    Poeme for Cello and Orchestra
    Poeme for Cello and Orchestra
    Henriƫtte Bosmans
  4. 3.
    Divertimento for Orchestra
    Divertimento for Orchestra
    Leonard Bernstein
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