Subscription Series C
A treat is in store in orchestral Subscription Series C for those who enjoy the music of Czech, Russian, and British composers. Semyon Bychkov will combine works by his long-time favourite Sergei Rachmaninoff first with dances by Bedřich Smetana and a second time with Benjamin Britten. The next three concerts will belong to guest conductors.
Nicholas Craemer will conduct Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion with the choirmaster Tereza Válková and the newly established early music group SILENTIUM! Ensemble. At the Rudolfinum Simon Rattle presents a programme filled with aquatic motifs, while Daniel Harding will conduct the Italian orchestra Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Pianists Seong-Jin Cho and Behzod Abduraimov, as well as violinist Janine Jansen, will also appear in the Dvořák Hall.
Subscription series C
What's On
Bedřich Smetana
Overture, Furiant, and Dance of the Comedians from the opera The Bartered Bride (15')
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (39')
— Intermission —
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (35')
Performers
Behzod Abduraimov piano
Semyon Bychkov Chief Conductor and Music Director
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Antonín Dvořák
Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 (12')
Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (27')
— Intermission —
Thomas Adès
Aquifer (Czech premiere) (17')
Claude Debussy
La Mer, three symphonic sketches for orchestra (23')
Performers
Janine Jansen violin
Simon Rattle conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on Theme of Purcell), Op. 34
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
— Intermission —
Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Bells, a choral symphony for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra, Op. 35
Performers
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Kristina Mkhitaryan soprano
Pavel Černoch tenor
Alexei Isaev bass
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Simon Halsey choirmaster
Semyon Bychkov Chief Conductor and Music Director
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion, oratorio, BWV 245
Performers
Andrew Staples Evangelist, tenor, stage direction
Sherezade Panthaki soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Matthias Helm Jesus, baritone
Florian Störtz Pilate, bass-baritone
SILENTIUM! Ensemble
Tereza Válková choirmaster
Nicholas Kraemer conductor
Czech Philharmonic
What's On
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor (79')
Performers
Daniel Harding conductor
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia