Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with Senja Rummukainen
The BBC Concert Orchestra travels deep into the wild and wonderful heart of Europe in a concert inspired by nature, with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto at its centre.
Deep in the forests and meadows of Bohemia, something primal stirs. The soul of a nation, heard from afar? The sounds of nature, untamed and eternal?
Or simply the spirit of a young fox, bright-eyed and alert, exploring a world where everything – even humanity – sings to nature’s tune?
Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra plunge headfirst into this teeming world, savouring every rustle of leaves in Smetana and Janáček’s vibrant, life-affirming musical landscapes.
There’s unchained human emotion, too, in Dvořák’s epic Cello Concerto: music of love, loss and unbounded joy, performed tonight by the charismatic young Finnish cellist Senja Rummukainen (‘the intensity was total’ was how one critic described her playing).
And former BBC Concert Orchestra composer in residence Dobrinka Tabakova presents, for the first time, the conclusion to her Earth Suite – a very personal celebration of nature, unchained and renewed.
Performers
BBC Concert Orchestra
Anna-Maria Helsing conductor
Senja Rummukainen cello
Repertoire
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Interval
Dobrinka Tabakova: Rewilding from Earth Suite (World premiere)
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
Smetana: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields from Má vlast
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