The evening was rounded off with Beethoven’s Second Symphony in D major, played as a transparent stream of tones with many dynamic changes, rhythmic vivacity, softness, and purity of the larghetto and the third movement’s minuet bursting with verve and...
Starting in Taipei on October 14, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic will embark on an extensive tour in Asia, with concerts in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. In addition to complete performances of Smetana’s Má Vlast in each country, repertoire for the tour...
There was orchestral luxury down in the pit, where Semyon Bychkov conducts a slow and spacious performance with the music sinking into a velvety cushion of rich sonorities. . . his slow-burn Wagner pays off and was wonderfully well played, earning him an ovation....
This year, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic will give both the opening and closing concerts of the Prague Spring International Festival, currently celebrating its 80th anniversary. Since the inaugural Festival in 1946, the Festival has always opened with a...
Next week, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic open the 80th anniversary edition of Prague Spring with a performance of Smetana’s Má vlast. Their recording of the work was last month awarded BBC Music Magazine’s Orchestral Recording 2025 and, as Semyon Bychkov...
