Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration

Directed by

Brian Large

Country

Czech Republic

How it feels

It is a concert film recorded in 1993 in Prague's Smetana Hall. Thirteen pieces by Antonin Dvořák are performed by well known musicians including Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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What happens

Dvořák in Prague: A Celebration was an 89-minute televised concert presented in Prague's Smetana Hall on 16 December 1993, in which thirteen pieces of music by Antonin Dvořák were performed by the pianist Rudolf Firkušný, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the violinist Itzhak Perlman, the mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, the Prague Philharmonic Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Seiji Ozawa. It was produced by Sony Classical Film and Video, Czech Television and Germany's Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen in association with Pragokoncert, the Netherlands' Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep and the United States' Public Broadcasting Service and MJI Broadcasting, and was released on Laserdisc, VHS video cassette, CD and audio cassette by Sony Classical Records and on DVD by Kultur Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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