Popular Advent concerts take place in the Suk Hall of the Rudolfinum on all four Advent Sundays at 3 p.m. You can look forward to exciting programmes prepared by chamber ensembles of the Czech Philharmonic musicians and their guests. We also invite you to enjoy a pre-concert cup of coffee in Café Rudolfinum.
Suk Hall
František Xaver Thuri
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
Georg Friedrich Händel
Czech Carols and Rorates
Jana Brožková oboe
Vladislav Borovka oboe
Jiří Zelba oboe
Tereza Doubravské oboe
Vojtěch Jouza oboe
Ondřej Roskovec bassoon
Jaroslav Kubita bassoon
Tomáš Františ bassoon
Martin Petrák bassoon
Olga Dlabačová harpsichord
Double Reed Orchestra
Ensemble of the Czech Double Reed Instrument Society
En Arché Chamber Choir
Vojtěch Jouza conductor
Suk Hall
Zdeněk Zelba
Ciocarlia on Romanian motifs
Folk songs, carols, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Moravian, Polish, Romani, Slovak, and Jewish songs
Czech Philharmonic Cimbalom Ensemble
Zdeněk Zelba and Václav Prudil violin
Jan Jouza viola
Jan Holeňa cello
Jaromír Černík double bass
Jiří Zelba oboe, English horn, recorders
Markéta Riesová cimbalom
Taťána Roskovcová singing
Suk Hall
Carols and Christmas songs arranged by Jaroslav Krček
Czech Philharmonic Quartet
Leoš Čepický violin I
Viktor Mazáček violin II
Jiří Poslední viola
Jakub Dvořák cello
Musica Bohemica
Jaroslav Krček artistic director and conductor
Suk hall
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, concert overture, Op. 91
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
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
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
