The Czech Philharmonic – Gramophone's Orchestra of the Year 2024 – and their Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov will give a very special performance of the first three poems from Smetana's Má vlast at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 4, and you will be able to watch the live stream on our website (below) and on the Czech Philharmonic's YouTube channel and website. 

In April this year, Gramophone's Edward Seckerson welcomed an outstanding new recording of Má vlast by Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic for the Pentatone label, saying 'I think it’s Bychkov’s ability to relate phrasing to sound that is at the heart of his success here. He plainly relishes the orchestra’s natural blend while celebrating the beauty of its soloists... Nor can one take for granted the cross-fertilisation of material that elevates Má vlast from seeming to be a succession of tone poems to becoming all of a piece. That, too, is Bychkov’s achievement. But above all it feels authentic and that has me thinking back to the glory days of Rafael Kubelík. High praise indeed.'

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