Subscription Series A
This season’s orchestral series blends tradition with bold choices—featuring just three large symphonies, a range of shorter works, and iconic pieces like Mozart’s Requiem and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov leads two of the programmes.
Other concerts in the series are curated by Simon Rattle, who combines Debussy, Messiaen and Mahler; Jakub Hrůša, who places Sibelius alongside Suk; and Thomas Adès, presenting the most contemporary programme, including his own compositions. Giovanni Antonini brings a fresh take on Viennese classics with the Czech Student Philharmonic. Among this season’s featured soloists are mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, pianist Mao Fujita, violinists Augustin Hadelich and Josef Špaček, and cellist Anastasia Kobekina in her Czech Philharmonic debut.
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What's On
Richard Strauss
Burlesque for piano and orchestra in D minor, TrV 145 (17')
— Intermission —
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (61')
Performers
Mao Fujita piano
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Ferruccio Busoni
Tanzwalzer, Op. 53, BV 288 (12')
Pierre Boulez
Messagesquisse (7')
György Kurtág
Petite musique solennelle – En hommage à Pierre Boulez 90 (Czech premiere) (9')
Thomas Adès
Air – Homage to Sibelius for violin and orchestra (Czech premiere) (15')
— Intermission —
Thomas Adès
The Exterminating Angel Symphony (Czech premiere) (20')
Thomas Adès
Entrances
Thomas Adès
March
Thomas Adès
Berceuse
Thomas Adès
Waltzes
Maurice Ravel
La valse (13')
Performers
Josef Špaček violin
Václav Petr cello
Thomas Adès conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Claude Debussy
Nocturnes, L 98 (25')
Olivier Messiaen
Poèmes pour Mi, book two (18')
— Intermission —
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major (54')
Performers
Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano
Prague Philharmonic Choir women’s choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Simon Rattle conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 (34')
— Intermission —
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K 626 (50')
Performers
Giulia Semenzato soprano
Helen Charlston alto
Werner Güra tenor
Ashley Riches bass
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra*
Giovanni Antonini conductor
Czech Philharmonic
* The Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra is playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.
What's On
Josef Suk
Tale of a Winter’s Eve, Op. 9 (15')
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (35')
— Intermission —
Jean Sibelius
The Oceanides, Op. 73 (11')
Josef Suk
Fairy Tale, a suite from incidental music to Zeyer’s fairy-tale drama Radúz and Mahulena, Op. 16 (30')
Performers
Augustin Hadelich violin
Jakub Hrůša conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Henri Dutilleux
Métaboles (17')
Bryce Dessner
Trembling Earth, symphony for cello and orchestra (Czech premiere) (20')
— Intermission —
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (33')
Performers
Anastasia Kobekina cello
Semyon Bychkov conductor
Czech Philharmonic