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Small is beautiful: PKF – Prague Philharmonia showcases youth and versatility

By Frank Kuznik, 05 April 2022
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“sweeping cinematic vistas and intimate iridescent textures”
Reviewed at Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague on 3 April 2022
Programme
Gounod, Petite Symphonie for wind instruments
Mozart, Violin Concerto no. 1 in B flat major, K207
Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Sarabande
Roussel, The Spider's Feast, orchestral suite
Mendelssohn, String symphony no. 7 in D minor
Performers
Bomsori Kim, Violin
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor
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Frank Kuznik
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.