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Prom 56: Jakub Hrůša raises Czech music to celestial Bohemian heights

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 26 August 2017
Traditional, Ktož jsú boží bojovníci (You who are warriors of God)
Smetana, Má vlast (My Fatherland)
Martinů, Field Mass, cantata for baritone male choir and orchestra, H 279
Dvořák, Husitská (Hussite) Overture, Op.67
Janáček, The Excursions of Mr Brouček: Song of the Hussites
Suk, Praga, symphonic poem, Op.26
Svatopluk Sem, Baritone
Jakub Hrůša, Conductor
Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul
****1
Sakari Oramo and Yeol Eum Son summon up vivid landscapes
****1
From snow to sludge: Icelandic music at the Barbican Centre
**111
Fine Lindberg and Stravinsky double bill from the BBC Symphony
****1
UK premiere of Julia Wolfe’s unEarth impresses on scale, not substance
**111
Sir James MacMillan delights with his Christmas Oratorio
*****
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