ZIOS Czech National Symphony Orchestra

TITLE: Czech National Symphony Orchestra --- SUBTITLE: With Alon Kariv, piano --- DATE/TIME: Wednesday 26 May 2027, 7.30pm --- PROGRAMME: Smetana – The Bartered Bride Overture; Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1; Piazzolla – Libertango; Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’ --- PERFORMERS: Steven Mercurio (conductor); Alon Kariv (piano); Czech National Symphony Orchestra --- EVENT COPY: From the Old World to the New – Europe and the Americas represented by a century of orchestral masterpieces. Smetana's folk-tinged opera overture dazzles like wedding finery; Tchaikovsky draws on Ukrainian traditional tunes for his famous concerto; Dvořák, newly arrived in New York, fused central European folk music with American spirituals. Astor Piazzolla's sultry "new" tango closes an evening of transatlantic cross-cultural fusion. --- REVIEW: "Kariv is a musician of intellect, integrity and ta

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