We’re very pleased to be presenting again our old friends the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Its American Music Director Steven Mercurio will begin the concert with the atmospheric symphonic poem from Delius’ opera A Village Romeo and Juliet – The Walk to the Paradise Garden.

After this, the acclaimed pianist Mark Bebbington will play Beethoven’s grand ‘Emperor’ Concerto and in the second half the Orchestra will perform two much-loved Czech favourites – Smetana’s evocative The Moldau and Dvořák’s exuberant and gloriously tuneful Eighth Symphony.

‘…the lava tumbles out with astonishing force from Mark Bebbington, who plays with tremendous authority…’ BBC Music Magazine