LONDON, UK – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – SMETANA, RACHMANINOFF

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

PROGRAMME
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava, symphonic poem from the cycle My Country

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

PROGRAMME NOTE
The Moldau will be heard in the city on the Thames. The Czech Philharmonic and critically acclaimed pianist Seong-Jin Cho join forces in the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, then comes Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony under the baton of Semyon Bychkov.