Popelka leads a fiery finish for Dvořák’s Prague

Petr Popelka conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Simona Šaturová and Jozef Benci

Paul Lewis and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Por Frank Kuznik, 26 septiembre 2023

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“Dvořák’s Te Deum is not typical sacred music, especially with Petr Popelka on the podium”

Crítica hecha desde Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Praga el 25 septiembre 2023

Brahms, Concierto para piano núm. 1 en re menor, Op.15

Novák, De profundis op. 67

Dvořák, Te Deum

Paul Lewis, Piano

Simona Šaturová, Soprano

Jozef Benci, Bajo

Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Frank Kuznik, 12th May

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Frank Kuznik, 23rd February

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Pierre Michel, 6th February

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Timothy Chooi ist bei seinem Konzert mit dem Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra nicht nur ein fabelhafter Techniker, sondern auch ein Showman, der das Publikum mit seiner magischen Aura in den Bann reißen kann.

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Frank Kuznik, 11th December

With an assist from Gidon Kremer, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra shines in an overheated, challenging program.

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Frank Kuznik, 15th October

Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra offer a different perspective on the Baroque master.

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.