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Subscription Series A
New World, Liturgique, Leningrad, Mahler’s Third. These words are not magic spells, but they conjure up four major symphonies of the worldwide repertoire that will be heard one after the other in this subscription series. There will also be a concert performance of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen.
Series A is one of the two main subscription series with six concerts, and chief conductor Semyon Bychkov will appear at three of them. Two titles will be added by principal guest conductor Jakub Hrůša, and another conducting star - Giovanni Antonini will once again invite the Czech Youth Philharmonic. Jakub Hrůša is preparing an evening of Mahler songs followed by Honegger’s Symphonie Liturgique and Leoš Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen, which was cancelled during the pandemic. At each of his subscription concerts Semyon Bychkov will lead a work by a key composer in his repertoire: Antonín Dvořák, Gustav Mahler, and Dmitri Shostakovich. We will hear the season’s artist-in-residence pianist András Schiff, the violinist Josef Špaček, and several singers including the baritone Christian Gerhaher.
Koncerty řady A
What's On
Antonín Dvořák
Carnival Overture, Op. 92 (10')
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 33 (36')
— Intermission —
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” (42')
Performers
András Schiff piano
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 85 in B flat Major, Hob. I/85 “The Queen” (20')
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 7/11, RV 208 “Grosso Mogul” (12')
— Intermission —
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Don Juan, suite from the ballet (22')
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, Hob. I/103 “Drumroll” (27')
Performers
Josef Špaček violin
Giovanni Antonini conductor
Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (106')
Performers
Christa Mayer mezzo-soprano
Catriona Morison mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir women’s choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Pueri gaudentes boys’ choir
Jan Kyjovský, Libor Sládek choirmasters
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Ondřej Kukal
Symphony No. 1, Op. 15 „With Glockenspiel“ (26')
Gustav Mahler
Blumine (8')
Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn ‒ selections) (23')
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Where the Fair Trumpets Sound)
Revelge (Reveille)
Der Tamboursg’sell (The Drummer Boy)
Urlicht
— Intermission —
Arthur Honegger
Symphony No. 3 “Symphonie Liturgique” (30')
Performers
Christian Gerhaher baritone
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Leoš Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen, concert performance of the opera (110')
*Intermission 20 minutes after Act 2
Performers
Elena Tsallagova the Vixen
Kateřina Kněžíková the FoxJan Martiník the Forester
Svatopluk Sem the Forester
Jarmila Vantuchová Lapák (a dog)Ondřej Koplík Schoolmaster / Mosquito
Jaroslav Březina Schoolmaster / Mosquito
Jiří Sulženko Parson / Badger
Jiří Brückler Harašta (a poacher)
Veronika Chamolová Chocholka (a hen) / Jay
Maria Kobielska Mrs Forester / Owl
Alžběta Vomáčková Woodpecker / Mrs Pásková
Petr Levíček Pásek
Amálie Motošická Rooster
Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir
Jiří Chvála, Petr Louženský choirmaster
State Opera Chorus
Adolf Melichar choirmaster
Tomáš Ondřej Pilař artistic cooperation
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” (73')
Performers
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic