Prague Romanticism

“I would give anything to be able to invent a melody like one that Dvořák tosses off without a second thought,” Brahms is said to have remarked—high praise indeed from a composer whose own gift for melody was second to none.

Like Beethoven, Antonín Dvořák wrote nine symphonies and, during his lifetime, achieved the rare distinction of being recognised as a living classic. To some, he is the composer of nostalgia and melancholy; to others, the quintessential musical voice of Bohemia.

His Cello Concerto in B minor is unquestionably one of the greatest concertos of the Romantic era, shaped by memories of an unfulfilled love and inspired in part by the composer’s years in New York. Many connoisseurs regard the Symphony No. 7 as Dvořák’s finest symphonic achievement, even though it has never enjoyed the widespread popularity of the New World Symphony.

The incomparable artistry of Miklós Perényi and the distinctive musical insight of Gábor Takács-Nagy promise performances that reveal the full greatness of these two masterpieces.

SOLOIST
Miklós Perényi – cello

CONDUCTOR
Gábor Takács-Nagy