In Prague, Brad Mehldau offers a fresh take on Bach

Brad Mehldau

Brad Mehldau and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Clark Rundell conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Par Frank Kuznik, 16 octobre 2023

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“his improvisations honor rather than exploit Bach”

Critique faite à Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague, le 15 octobre 2023

Mehldau, Improvisation on themes from Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach, Le Clavier bien tempéré (1): Prélude et Fugue no. 10 en mi mineur, BWV855 (orch. Stravinsky)

Bach, O Mensch, bewein' dein' Suende gross (Orgel-Büchlein) in E Flat Major, BWV622 (orch. Reger)

Bach, L'Offrande musicale (Musikalisches Opfer), BWV1079: Ricercar a 3 (orch. Webern)

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge (L'Art de la fugue), BWV1080, Contrapunctus XIX (orch. Rundell)

Mehldau, Piano Concerto

Brad Mehldau, Piano

Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Prague

Clark Rundell, Direction

L’élan slave cadenassé à la Seine Musicale

Pierre Michel, 6th February

Sous la direction volontiers martiale de la cheffe russe, l’Orchestre symphonique de la radio de Prague et le violoniste Timothy Chooi ne font que suggérer la vitalité de l'élan slave de Tchaïkovski et Dvořák.

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Camille Thomas et les touches tchèques de la musique

Jean Landras, 6th January

Placé sous le signe des célébrations du centenaire de l'indépendance du pays, le festival « Les touches tchèques de la musique » s'est achevé ce dimanche sur un concert mettant à l'honneur la violoncelliste Camille Thomas.

*****

Skating on Thin Ice: a bracing Ondřej Adámek premiere in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 23rd February

Conducted by Jonathan Nott, the Prague RSO gives a vivid account of a new work by Czech composer Ondřej Adámek with a virtuoso assist from violinist Christian Tetzlaff.

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Hochspannender Violinvirtuose: Timothy Chooi in der Isarphilharmonie

Benedikt Zacher, 1st February

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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Omer Meir Wellber conducts a winter warmer in Prague

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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Popelka leads a fiery finish for Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 25th September

Petr Popelka takes the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra to heavenly heights with help from a brilliant group of of vocalists.

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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.