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DvoΕ™Γ‘k’s Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen

The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra and Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing in a concert of Slavic music, including Dvorak's Cello Concerto performed by Finnish soloist Senja Rummukainen.

Anna-Maria Helsing conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra in a programme of Slavic music featuring Dvorak's Cello Concerto performed by Finnish soloist Senja Rummukainen, the Suite from Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen, Smetana's Ma vlast and the first movement of the rarely heard Suita rustica by Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova who was just 25 when she died in 1940. The concert also features the world premiere of 'Rewilding', the final commission from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra's Composer-in-Residence Dobrinka Tabakova which completes her Earth Suite.

Recorded on 4 October 2024 at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.

Presented by Martin Handley.

Kapralova: Suita rustica, Op.19 - Allegro rustico (1st movt)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Interval

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - suite
Dobrinka Tabakova: Earth Suite - Rewilding
Smetana: Ma vlast - from Bohemia's Woods and Fields

Senja Rummukainen (cello)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor)

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2 hours, 14 minutes