Czech Philharmonic • Open Air Concert

The Czech Philharmonic’s Open Air Concert on Hradčaný Square is the traditional conclusion of the concert season, and admission is free for everyone. The programme devoted to the Year of Czech Music is being prepared by Petr Altrichter, who will get the public dancing and singing along with the orchestra and an outstanding vocal trio.

Programme

Antonín Dvořák
Festival March, Op. 54a
Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C minor, Op. 46
Infernal Dance from Act II of the opera The Devil and Kate
“Od dětství ku oltáři” (“From childhood to the altar”), Ludmila’s aria from the oratorio Saint Ludmila

Antonín Dvořák / arranged by Jiří Teml
“Když mne stará matka” (“Songs my mother taught me”), song from the cycle Gypsy Melodies, Op. 55

Zdeněk Fibich
Poem from the idyll At Twilight, Op. 39

Bedřich Smetana
“A ty mé robě” (“And you, my baby”), lullaby from Act I of the opera The Kiss
“Já ale zůstanu” (“But I shall remain”), Přemysl’s aria from Act II of the opera Libuše
Furiant from Act II of the opera The Bartered Bride

Vítězslav Novák
The Country Musicians, movement IV of the Moravian-Slovak Suite for small orchestra, Op. 32

Antonín Dvořák
“Jářku, jářku, klouče milé…” (“Tell me, dear boy…”), duet of the Gamekeeper and the Kitchen Boy from Act II of the opera Rusalka

Performers

Kateřina Kněžíková soprano
Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir mezzo-soprano
Jiří Brückler baritone

Petr Altrichter conductor

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