Sir Simon Rattle became Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in September 2023. In our second week with the BRSO, Sir Simon’s artistic leadership is on full display in a program of Eastern European music recorded in April 2024. Violist Timothy Ridout joins in for Bohuslav Martinů’s rousing Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, bookended by Antonín Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances Op. 72 and Janáček’s gleaming Sinfonietta.
Eastern European Flavor
Sir Simon Rattle (Photo: Oliver Helbig)
Playlist
Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72
Bohuslav Martinů: Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, H. 337
Timothy Ridout, viola
Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta, Op. 60
