Group bookings for schools and preschools at edu@ceskafilharmonie.cz from 1st June.
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Four steps to the New world • Janáček’s Jenůfa
The program for children is based on a musical part but also on a spoken word that will be given in Czech language only. The program will not be supplied with English subtitles.
Programme
“My servant recalls that during her second year with us, I began composing Jenůfa. That was in 1896. In those days, I was only a part-time composer! Being a church choir director and organist, a music teacher at an Austro-Hungarian normal school, the director of an organ school, a conductor of concerts at the Symphonic Society – having a terminally ill daughter at home – that was my life. Well, composing was hard, so I didn’t do much of it. For that reason, it is also hard for me to reminisce about it.” (Leoš Janáček, 1917) – “My husband had just finished Jenůfa. The whole time he was working on the opera, Olga was terribly interested in it. Now she asked: “Daddy, play Jenůfa for me; I’ll never hear it again.” Leoš sat down at the piano and played… I couldn’t bear it, so I ran away…” (Zdenka Janáčková)
Performers
Petr Kadlec
guide
Soloists and choirs TBA
Marko Ivanović
conductor
Czech Student Philharmonic
(Czech Philharmonic players, members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestral Academy, and music school students)
