Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Steven Mercurio conductor
Chloë Hanslip violin
Jan Hasenöhrl trumpet

Smetana The Bartered Bride – overture
Dvořák Violin Concerto
Piazzolla Libertango
Dvořák Symphony No.7

The Czech National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the glorious music of its homeland – joined by star British violinist Chloë Hanslip.

‘God grant that this Czech music will move the world!’ wrote Antonin Dvořák while composing his Seventh and arguably finest Symphony. It’s less a homage to the New World and more a heartfelt tribute to the Old – inspired by ‘love, God and my Fatherland’, said Dvořák, and played tonight by an orchestra that has this music running through their veins.

Chloë Hanslip is in the spotlight for another Dvořák masterpiece, his Violin Concerto, which follows the exhilarating overture to Bedrich Smetana’s classic Czech comic opera. And to complete the programme, we’re swapping Prague for Buenos Aires, as trumpeter Jan Hasenöhrl transports us to Argentina for Astor Piazzolla’s evocative Libertango.