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Subscription Series II
Conductor, composer, double bass player and pianist – this season’s curator Petr Popelka can claim all these titles and will showcase the many facets of his artistry to Czech Chamber Music Society audiences this year. Series II launches with Popelka’s own Clarinet Quintet and the fourth concert in the series will feature him as double bassist.
As part of cycle II, the Janáček Quartet will present their interpretation of the late and now iconic work by Leoš Janáček. We will also hear from the Pražák Quartet and the fast-establishing winners of the 2023 ČSKH Prize, Trio Bohémo. January's concert will then belong to the Czech Philharmonic Wind Harmony, which, under the direction of Ondřej Vrabec, will play a varied programme of works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Aaron Copland and Gustav Holst.
Koncerty řady II
What's On
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K 546 (7')
Petr Popelka
Sonata for clarinet, violin, double bass, and piano (world premiere) (18')
Petr Popelka
“Fünf Nachtstücke” for clarinet and piano (12')
— Intermission —
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for clarinet, two violins, viola, and cello in A major, K 581 (30')
Performers
Dresden Chamber Soloists
Robert Oberaigner clarinet
Federico Kasik violin
Tibor Gyenge violin
Holger Grohs viola
Titus Maack violoncello
Viktor Osokin double bass
Petr Popelka piano
What's On
Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 1 “after Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata”
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
— Intermission —
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34
Performers
Janáček Quartet
Miloš Vacek violin
Richard Kružík violin
Jan Řezníček viola
Lukáš Polák cello
What's On
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Overture for Wind Instruments, Op. 24
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Concerto for Trombone and Military Band
— Intermission —
Aaron Copland (arr. by Robert Longfield)
Selections from the ballet Appalachian Spring arranged for wind ensemble
Andrew Downes
Symphony No. 4
Performers
Czech Philharmonic Winds
Lukáš Moťka trombone
Ondřej Vrabec conductor
What's On
Petr Popelka
Synthesis ad lib.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Homunculus
Ástor Piazzolla
Tango Ballet
— Intermission —
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
What's On
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1 (28')
Benjamin Yusupov
Piano Trio No. 2 “From Jewish Traditions” (20')
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (34')
Performers
Trio Bohémo
Matouš Pěruška violin
Kristina Vocetková cello
Jan Vojtek piano
What's On
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