Concert Performances

Josef Suk’s Scherzo fantastique

The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, performs Josef Suk‘s Scherzo fantastique in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on Oct 1, 2022

Josef Suk
Born: 1/4/1874 in Kŕečovice, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
Died: 5/29/1935 at age 61 in Benešov, near Prague

Written: 1903, at age 29
Premiered: 4/18/1905 at the Rudolfinum in Prague

Concert notes by TŌN clarinetist Olivia Hamilton