LONDON, UK – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – SMETANA, RACHMANINOFF

Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

PROGRAMME
Bedřich Smetana: Overture, Furiant, and Dance of the Comedians from the opera The Bartered Bride

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

PROGRAMME NOTE
The Czech Philharmonic recently won a major prize for a recording of Smetana’s music, and Semyon Bychkov has loved Sergei Rachmaninoff since childhood. Visitors to London’s Barbican will hear music by both composers with Seong-Jin Cho as the soloist in the Rachmaninoff.