Jakub Hrůša conducts Janáček and Bartók

Jakub Hrůša conductor 
Academy Symphony Orchestra 

JANÁČEK Taras Bulba 
BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op 19 

Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, Chief Conductor of the Bamberg Symphony and Music Director of The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, conducts the Academy Symphony Orchestra for the first time.  

Janáček’s rhapsody after Nikolai Gogol’s epic story about the Cossack warrior Taras Bulba is paired with music from Bartók’s pantomime ballet, The Miraculous Mandarin.