BBC Proms 2017 Prom 56 The Bohemian Reformation (320kbps mp3)

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

00. Introductory commentary
01. Traditional - Hussite Chorale 'Ktož jsú Boži bojovníci' (You Who Are Warriors of God)
02. Smetana - Tábor; Blaník (Má vlast)
03. Martinů - Field Mass
03i. Introduction to Martinů’s Field Mass
04. Dvořák - Hussite Overture
04i. Introduction to part II of the prom
05. Janáček - Song of the Hussites (The Excursions of Mr Brouček)
05i. Introduction to Janáček’s Song of the Hussites
06. Josef Suk - Prague
06i. Introduction to Suk’s Prague

Interval - Proms Extra, Czech music
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.

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.

Broadcast: 26 August 2017