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Gustav Mahler
…began modestly with a summer season at the provincial theater in Bad Hall, Austria. His talent, however, propelled him to more prestigious appointments in cities like Prague, Budapest, Hamburg, and…
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Antonín Dvořák
…Nelahozeves, a small village north of Prague, Antonín Leopold Dvořák was the eldest of fourteen children. His father was a professional zither player, an innkeeper, and a butcher. The young…
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Zdeněk Fibich: At Twilight, Idyll for Orchestra, Op. 39
At Twilight, Op. 39 – composed by Fibich and performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra….
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Glière Concerto for Horn in B Flat Major, Op. 91 – Featuring Radek Baborak
Glière’s Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, performed by Radek Baborak with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ondrej Lenárd….
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…where he received a strong classical education. By the age of 18, Gluck left home to pursue a career in music, eventually studying in Prague, where he supported himself by…