Advent Concerts

The 125th season will only have four of the popular Advent concerts held in the Rudolfinum’s Suk Hall on Advent Sundays at 3 pm. But their exciting programmes and performers will certainly offer you the best of the chamber ensembles of Czech Philharmonic musicians and their guests.

Beginning with our 125^th season, for organisational reasons and because of capacity, there will be only four of the popular concerts given each Sunday of Advent in the Suk Hall at the Rudolfinum – just one each week at 3 p.m. The offering of attractive programmes and performers definitely will not suffer; you will hear the best that chamber ensembles consisting of orchestra members and their guests have to offer. You can add to your enjoyment of a concert by preceding or following it with a visit to the Café Rudolfinum.

AK1 — Vojtěch Jouza • Advent Concert I

29 Nov 2020 Sunday 3.00pm

Suk Hall

What's on

Georg Friedrich Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
František Xaver Thuri
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tomáš Františ
Czech carols and settings of the Rorate coeli

Performers

Czech Double Reed Society

Jana Brožková oboe
Vladislav Borovka oboe
Jiří Zelba oboe
Ondřej Roskovec bassoon
Jaroslav Kubita bassoon
Martin Petrák bassoon
Tomáš Františ bassoon
Ondřej Šindelář bassoon

Olga Dlabačová harpsichord

Ensemble of the Czech Double Reed Society

En Arché Chamber Choir

Vojtěch Jouza conductor

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Photo illustrating a concert - event Vojtěch Jouza Advent Concert I

AK2 — Czech Philharmonic Cimbalom Ensemble • Advent Concert II

6 Dec 2020 Sunday 3.00pm

Suk Hall

What's on

Zdeněk Zelba
Ciocarlia on Romanian themes

Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Moravian, Polish, Romany, Slovak and Jewish folk songs and carols

Performers

Czech Philharmonic Cimbalom Ensemble

Zdeněk Zelba violin
Václav Prudil violin
Jan Jouza viola
Jan Holeňa cello
Jaromír Černík double bass
Jiří Zelba oboe, English horn, recorders
Markéta Riesová cimbalom

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Photo illustrating a concert - event Czech Philharmonic Cimbalom Ensemble Advent Concert II

AK3 — Czech Philharmonic Jazz Band • Advent Concert III

13 Dec 2020 Sunday 3.00pm

Suk Hall

What's on

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
Largo from the Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
Pastorale from the Czech Suite, Op. 39

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Jakub Dvořáček
Slavonic Dance No. 4 in F Major, Op. 46

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Jakub Dvořáček
Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 46

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
In Nature’s Realm, Op. 91, concert overture
Carnival, Op. 92, concert overture

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
Humoresque, Op. 101

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
The Water Goblin, symphonic poem, Op. 107

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
Slavonic Dance No. 8 in A Flat Major, Op. 72

Antonín Dvořák / arr. Tomáš Kopáček
Adagio from the Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

Performers

Czech Philharmonic Jazz Band

Tomáš Kopáček artistic director, clarinet, tenor saxophone
Jaroslav Halíř trumpet
Lukáš Moťka trombone
Petr Ries double bass
Jan Keller cello
Jakub Dvořáček piano
Michal Kostiuk baritone saxophone
Jan Prchal percussion