Omer Meir Wellber conducts a winter warmer in Prague

Omer Meir Wellber conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Gidon Kremer and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė

By Frank Kuznik, 14 December 2023

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“a smart, precise reading of moody, complicated material”

Reviewed at Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague on 11 December 2023

Martinů, Thunderbolt P-47

Glass, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Gidon Kremer, Violin

Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Cello

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor

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.

****1

In Prague, Brad Mehldau offers a fresh take on Bach

Frank Kuznik, 15th October

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

****1

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.

****1

A Dvořák revival fit for a king in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 19th September

Dvořák's failed King and Charcoal Burner gets a second chance and new life at his namesake festival.

****1

Prague Spring finishes with a stirring farewell

Frank Kuznik, 2nd June

Krzysztof Penderecki leads a masterful performance and powerful tribute to Jiří Bělohlávek.

*****

Opening concert Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad

David Karlin, 30th January

Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad opens with a programme of beautiful music and a pair of fine soloists, but a concert somewhat let down by a lack of rapport between soloists and orchestra.

***11

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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.