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Subscription Series B
At six concerts, you will hear repertoire of the 19th century—Brahms, Dvořák, Schumann, and Berlioz—with some overlapping into previous and subsequent epochs—Nielsen, Janáček, Shostakovich, Suk, Ravel. Jakub Hrůša will complete his Suk cycle with a performance of Epilogue, and Simon Rattle will present his conception of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass.
For series B, Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov has prepared one all-Brahms programme and another which presents music by Shostakovich side by side with music from the Classical era. For this second programme, Bychkov has invited British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason to make his Czech Philharmonic debut following the cancellation of his Prague January 2022 performance. Also making their Czech Philharmonic debuts in this series are American conductor Alan Gilbert and Italian pianist Beatrice Rana. Returning guests include German bass-baritone Christian Immler and Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein, and Jakub Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will work together once again following a successful first collaboration last season.
Koncerty řady B
What's On
Johannes Brahms (arr. Detlev Glanert)
Four Serious Songs, Op. 121, arranged for baritone and orchestra (2004) (18')
— Intermission —
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 (40')
Performers
Christian Immler bass-baritone
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Marek Janowski conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Carl Nielsen
Helios Overture, Op. 17 (12')
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K 466 (32')
— Intermission —
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (34')
Performers
Kirill Gerstein piano
Alan Gilbert conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72 (35')
— Intermission —
Leoš Janáček
Glagolitic Mass, cantata for solo voices, mixed choir, orchestra, and organ (45')
Performers
Iwona Sobotka soprano
Lucie Hilscherová alto
Pavel Černoch tenor
Jan Martiník bass
Petr Čech organ
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Simon Rattle conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob I:44 (22')
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (30')
— Intermission —
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (32')
Performers
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 (8')
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 (21')
— Intermission —
Hector Berlioz
Royal Hunt and Storm from the opera Les Troyens (10')
Maurice Ravel
Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé (18')
Performers
Beatrice Rana piano
Alain Altinoglu conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, symphonic suite, Op. 35 (42')
— Intermission —
Josef Suk
Epilogue, symphonic composition for orchestra, large and small mixed choir, soprano, baritone, and bass, Op. 37 (40')
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 will play Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov.