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Program and cast
7th September 2024
Programme
Antonín Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Josef Suk: Fantasy in G minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 24
Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass, cantata for vocal soloists, choir, orchestra and organ to an Old Church Slavonic text
Performers
Julia Fischer: violin
Corinne Winters: soprano
Bella Adamova: alto
David Butt Philip: tenor
Brindley Sherratt: bass
Christian Schmitt: organ
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek: choirmaster
Jakub Hrůša: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
10th September 2024
Duration of the programme 2 hours 40 minutes
Programme
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die tote Stadt
Performers
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Tomáš Brauner: conductor
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Kozubík choirmaster
Czech Radio Children’s Choir
Věra Hrdinková: choirmaster
Roberto Saccà: Paul
Vida Miknevičiūtė: Marietta
Jiří Brückler: Frank, Fritz
Lucie Hilscherová: Brigitta
Lenka Máčiková: Juliette
Michaela Zajmi: Lucienne
Daniel Matoušek: Gaston, Victorin
Martin Šrejma: Graf Albert
19th September 2024
Duration of the programme 2 hours
Programme
Bohuslav Martinů: Memorial to Lidice for symphony orchestra, H 296
Petr Wajsar: Violonceloops (world premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Performers
Václav Petr: cello
Ingo Metzmacher: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
2nd, 3rd, 4th October 2024
Programme
Johannes Brahms (arr. Detlev Glanert): Four Serious Songs, Op. 121, arranged for baritone and orchestra (2004)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Performers
Christian Immler: bass-baritone
Semyon Bychkov: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
17th, 18th, 19th October 2024
Programme
Josef Mysliveček: L’Olimpiade, overture to the opera “Che non mi disse un dì!”, aria from Act II of the opera L’Olimpiade
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Mi tradì quell’alma ingrata”, aria from Act II of the opera Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, overture to the opera “Padre, germani, addio!”, aria from Act I of the opera Idomeneo
Joseph Haydn: Scena di Berenice, concert aria, Hob XXIVa:10
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”
Performers
Magdalena Kožená: soprano
Giovanni Antonini: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
16th, 17th November
Programme
Bedřich Smetana: The Two Widows, overture to the opera
Josef Suk: Fantasy in G minor for violin and orchestra, Op. 24
Bohuslav Martinů: Rapsody – Concerto for viola and orchestra, H 337
Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta
Performers
Josef Špaček: violin
Antoine Tamestit: viola
Petr Popelka: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
18th, 19th, 20th December 2024
Programme
Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
Performers
Kirill Gerstein: piano
Alan Gilbert: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
31th December 2024, 1st January 2025
Programme
Camille Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from the opera Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne from the suite Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Eugène Ysaÿe: Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns, Op. 52
Francis Poulenc: Rondeau from the suite Les biches
Camille Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
Francis Poulenc: Rag-mazurka from the suite Les biches
Jules Massenet: Meditation, symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thaïs
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Performers
Josef Špaček: violin
Ivan Vokáč cello
Tomáš Netopil: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
Marek Eben: moderator (There will be a moderator only for the concerts on 1 Jan. 2025.)
8th, 9th January 2025
Orchestra Rehearsal... for VLAST I (rerun of the 2023 programme)
Duration of the programme 2 hours
Programme
Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast (My Country) – cycle of symphonic poems (Vyšehrad, Vltava, Šárka)
Performers
Marek Eben: host
Alice Nellis script and direction
Petr Altrichte: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
16th to 18th January 2025
Programme
Giovanni Gabrieli (arr. Rolf Smedvig)
Canzon duodecimi toni
Canzon septimi toni No. 2
Canzon VII
Canzon IX
Concerto primo “La Battaglia”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No. 10 in E flat major for two pianos and orchestra, K 365
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, D 125
Performers
Katia and Marielle Labèque pianos
Czech Philharmonic Brass
Robert Kozánek: artistic director
Semyon Bychkov: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
5th to 7th February 2025
Programme
Jiří Teml: The Labyrinth of Memory, a symphonic picture (world premiere)
Richard Blackford: Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Claude Debussy: La mer
Performers
Alisa Weilerstein: cello
Tomáš Netopil: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
13th to 15th February 2025
Programme
Arthur Honegger
Joan of Arc at the Stake, oratorio in 11 scenes for narrators, solo voices, choir, and orchestra
Performers
Audrey Bonnet: Jeanne d’Arc
Sébastien Dutrieux: Brother Dominique
Susanne Bernhard: Virgin Mary
Nadezhda Karyazina: St Catherine
Veronika Rovná: St Marguerite
Kyle van Schoonhoven: Porcus
Paul Schweinester: First herald
Zachary Altman: Second herald
TBA: Narrators
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek: choirmaster
Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir
Jiří Chvála, Petr Loužensk: choirmasters
Lukáš Vasilek: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
19th to 21th February 2025
Programme
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob I:44
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Performers
Sheku Kanneh-Mason: cello
Semyon Bychkov: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
2nd to 4th April 2025
Programme
Hector Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Hector Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm from the opera Les Troyens
Maurice Ravel: Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé
Performers
Beatrice Rana: piano
Alain Altinoglu: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
24th to 26th April 2025
Programme
Pavel Zemek Novák: CANTO. Unisono per orchestra (world premiere)
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Vladimír Sommer: Vocal Symphony for mezzo-soprano, narrator, choir, and orchestra
Performers
Leif Ove Andsnes: piano
Markéta Cukrová: mezzo-soprano
Martin Myšička: narrator
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Kozubík: choirmaster
Jakub Hrůša: conductor
Czech Philharmonic
30th April to 2nd May 2025
Programme
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, symphonic suite, Op. 35
Josef Suk: Epilogue, symphonic composition for orchestra, large and small mixed choir, soprano, baritone, and bass, Op. 37
Performers
Alžběta Poláčková: soprano
Jiří Brückler: baritone
Jan Šťáva: bass
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Czech Philharmonic
*The Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra is playing Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov.
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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