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Jonian Ilias-Kadesha sits on some old stairs with a violin.

Bohemian Rhapsodies

A Celebration of Czech Music with Jonian Ilias Kadesha

Programme

  • Kaprálová

    Suite en Miniature Op.1

  • MARTINŮ

    Violin Concerto No.2

  • MARTINŮ

    La revue de cuisine

  • DVOŘÁK

    Czech Suite

Jonian Ilias Kadesha director/violin

No thunderbolts and lightning, maybe, but plenty of kaleidoscopic colour, whirling rhythms and strong flavours as flamboyant Greek-Albanian violinist Jonian Ilias Kadesha directs a concert dedicated to the gutsy glories of Czech music.

Dvořák takes your hand for a set of exhilarating dances from his Bohemian homeland, while Martinů whisks you away for exotic travels in his ravishingly beautiful, deeply romantic Second Violin Concerto. Sample absurdist comedy in Martinů’s surrealist La revue de cuisine – a jazz-flavoured love story for everyday kitchen utensils. To begin, an exquisite, evocative Suite from lost Czech voice Vítezslava Kaprálová, who died aged just 25.

Programme Notes

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Our printed programme notes are available for purchase at each concert, or you can read them for free online, available the day before the first performance.

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