Oeuvre: The Bartered Bride: polka

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra bring a wonderfully bucolic programme of Czech music to The Proms.

The Solent Symphony Orchestra, ably conducted by Steve Tanner, presented an exciting programme in the resonant acoustics of Portsmouth Cathedral. The Smetana Bartered Bride Overture and Dances set the atmosphere of the evening with energetic performances all round.These were followed by a rhapsodic account of the Ravel Piano Concerto in G.