Benda Chamber Orchestra

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Benda Chamber Orchestra is a Czech amateur music ensemble in Prague, Czech Republic. It is named after the renown Czech family of musicians and composers of the 18th century - the Bendas (František Benda or Franz Benda, Jiří Antnonín Benda or Georg Anton Benda).

Contents 1 History 2 Discography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The orchestra was founded in 1956 in Usti nad Labem, North Bohemia, Czech Republic. It focuses on performing (often unknown} pieces of Czech classical and baroque music.

Benda Chamber Orchestra co-operates with outstanding professional musicians. Currently it is led by Jiri Havlik, a member of the Czech Philharmonic.

[edit] Discography

• Benda: Sinfonias Nos 7-12 (1995)^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Wiki on BKO in Czech
• BKO Homepage
• Czech Radio - Concert Review
• Ameropa festival (ref. to Jiri Havlik)
• Hornclass (ref. to Jiri Havlik)