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Program and cast
29th September 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. posth. 80
Frédéric Chopin
Waltzes, selections
Samuel Barber
Piano Sonata E flat Major, Op. 26
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Mikhail Pletnev)
Sleeping Beauty
Performers
Daniil Trifonov piano
14th October 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From My Life”
Sergei Taneyev: String Quartet No. 2
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97
Performers
Talich Quartet
Jan Talich: violin
Roman Patočka: violin
Radim Sedmidubský: viola
Michal Kaňka: cello
Lawrence Dutton: viola
13th November 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Petr Popelka: Clarinet Quintet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major for clarinet and string quartet, K 581
Performers
Fritz Busch Quartett
Robert Oberaigner: clarinet
18th November 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Lera Auerbach: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 28
Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Trio, Op. 24
Antonín Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky”
Performers
Trio Zimbalist
Josef Špaček: violin
Timotheos Gavriilidis-Petrin: cello
George Xiaoyuan Fu: piano
23th November 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto in D major, K 216
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From My Life”
Performers
Hana Kotková: violin
Wihan Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of the Pupils and Friends of Jiří Novák
Jiří Vejvoda: commentary
8th December 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
Josef Suk: Ballade and Serenade, Op. 3
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Performers
Václav Petr: cello
Marek Kozák: piano
16th December 2024
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Bedřich Smetana: Evening Songs
Zdeněk Fibich: Five Songs from Evening Songs, Op. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523
Franz Schubert:
Im Abendroth, D 799
Nacht und Träume, D 827
Richard Strauss: Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29, No. 1
Nachtgang, Op. 29, No. 3
Die Nacht, Op. 10, No. 3
Antonín Dvořák: Evening Songs (selections)
Performers
Adam Plachetka: baritone
David Švec: piano
6th January 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
George Crumb:
Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Songs of the Clown, Op. 29
Arnold Schoenberg:
Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21
Performers
Petr Popelka: piano
Magnus Boye Hansen: violin, viola
Ernst Simon Glaser: cello
Björn Nyman: clarinet, bass clarinet
Cecilie Loken: flute, piccolo
Christina Bock: voice
15th January 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:
Overture for Wind Instruments, Op. 24
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov:
Concerto for Trombone and Military Band
The second half of the programme is under discussion
Performers
Czech Philharmonic Winds
Ondřej Vrabec: conductor
26th January 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Leoš Janáček
On an Overgrown Path
4. The Madonna of Frýdek
5. They Chattered Like Swallows
7. Good Night!
Robert Schumann:
Forest Scenes, Op. 82
Franz Schubert (arr. by Maria Grinberg):
Fantasy in F Minor
Edvard Grieg (arr. by Grigory Ginzburg):
Peer Gynt
Performers
Federico Colli: piano
17th February 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Programme TBA
Performers
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Artistic director TBA
26th February 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Petr Popelka:
Synthesis ad lib.
Esa-Pekka Salonen:
Homunculus
Ástor Piazzolla:
Tango Ballet
Antonín Dvořák:
String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77
Performers
Elphier Quartett:
members of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Lyudmila Minnibaeva: violin
Yihua Jin-Mengel: violin
Alla Rutter: viola
Phillip Wentrup: cello
Petr Popelka: double bass
10th March 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Antonín Dvořák:
Biblical Songs, Op. 99
Reinhard Seehafer:
Four Songs to poems by Václav Havel for baritone and piano, Op. 77 (world premiere)
Franz Liszt:
Selected songs
Performers
Michael Volle: baritone
Reinhard Seehafer: piano
19th March 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1
Benjamin Yusupov:
Piano Trio No. 2 “From Jewish Traditions”
Johannes Brahms:
Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Performers
Trio Bohémo
Matouš Pěruška: violin
Kristina Vocetková: cello
Jan Vojtek: piano
31th March 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Kryštof Harant: Journey to the Holy Land:
Missa quinis vocibus super Dolorosi martir
Qui confidunt in Domino
Maria kron, die Engel schon
Dejž tobě Pán Bůh štěstí
Psallite Domino in cythara
Cypriot manuscript Ms.J.II.9: Nikiforos Naftouniaris Collection
Performers
Cappella Mariana
Vojtěch Semerád: artistic director
Saša Rašilov: spoken word
16th April 2025
Czech Chamber Music Society
Programme
Darius Milhaud:
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 5
Claude Debussy:
String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Ernest Chausson:
Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op. 21
Performers
Pražák Quartet
Jan Vonášková: violin
Marie Magdalena Fuxová: violin
Josef Klusoň: viola
Pavel Jonáš Krejčí: cello
François Dumont: piano
Jiří Vodička: violin
Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum, one of the most noteworthy buildings in Prague, was built between 1876 and 1884 according to the designs of architects Josef Zítek and Josef Schulze. Originally intended as a multipurpose cultural building in Prague, the Rudolfinum was inagurated on February 7, 1885. It carried out its mission until 1919, when it was converted to the House of Commons of the Czechoslovak Republic. Concert activity was restored to the Rudolfinum during the German occupation, but full rehabilitation, particularly of the gallery, did not take place until 1992. After a general reconstruction by architect Karel Prager in 1992, the Rudolfinum became the home of the Czech Philharmonic and the Rudolfinum Gallery.
Dvorana – Ceremony Hall
The central space in the gallery portion of the Rudolfinum was designed by Josef Zítek and Josef Schulz as an entrance hall to the art gallery. After 1918, however, this space was converted into a parliamentary cafeteria, and after World War II it served as a gymnasium for the Prague Conservatory. At the end of the 1980s, Ceremony Hall was threatened with reconstruction – but plans to tear down the main staircase to make room for another concert hall did not go through, and the hall retained its original appearance. Of particular interest in Ceremony Hall are 25 empty spaces on its walls, which were originally intended to be filled in with frescos. The majority of the eminent Czech painters, however, boycotted the 1891 fresco competition in protest over the large number of German artists involved in the construction of the Rudolfinum.
Dvořák Hall
The Czech Philharmonic took the stage in this world-famous concert hall in 1896, performing for its first-ever concert under the baton of Antonín Dvořák himself. The hall remained a space for concerts and performances until 1918, at which time it became a boardroom for the new parliament of the Czechoslovak Republic. The stage and the organ loft became a tribunal (garnished with a statue of President T.G. Masaryk), from which parliamentary leaders presided over proceedings. The hall's original character (and purpose) was restored
in 1940–1942 according to a project conceived by Antonín Engel and Bohumír Kozák, and it has remained in this form through to the present. In accordance with Josef Zítek and Josef Schulz's original proposal, the central visual element in the hall is an organ, which was made in Frankfurt, Germany. During the hall's stint as a parliamentary meeting place, the organ was housed in Brno. When it returned to the Rudolfinum in 1940, its register was extended. Dvořák Hall's final update took place in 1992 when the entire Rudolfinum building underwent reconstruction.
When travelling by public transport, get off at the Staroměstská metro station (Line A), tram stop (trams nos. 17, 18 and 53) or bus stop (no. 207).
Parking is available at the underground parking facility on Jan Palach Square. The facility is not part of the Rudolfinum premises.
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