After its successful performance at the legendary Carnegie Hall, where it performed three symphonic poems from Bedřich Smetana\’s My Country cycle under the baton of chief conductor Semyon Byčkov, the Czech Philharmonic will begin a series of concerts for domestic audiences at Dvořák Hall in early January. The first in the series will be Schubert\’s Great Symphony under the baton of conductor Herbert Blomstedt. with the Philharmonic Gestures to open the concert. Then the sisters Katia and Marielle Labéque will give us an extraordinary experience with their Concerto for two pianos and orchestra No. 10 in E flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with which they already enchanted Czech listeners nine years ago.
The Czech Chamber Music Society will perform in the Dvořák Hall in mid-January together with the Harmonia of the Czech Philharmonic. Led by hornist Ondřej Vrabec, the works will feature many wind instruments in unexpected performances. The first will be the overture, Opus 24 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Then the Concerto for Trombone and Wind Orchestra by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, in which Lukáš Mot\’ka will play his unique trombone solo. Aaron Copland\’s selection from the ballet Appalachian Spring, also arranged for wind ensemble. Finally, it will be Symphony No. 4 by Andrew Downes. Which is sure to delight many classical music lovers.
This magical performance, which parents and their children can go to, under the title Martha in Musical Wonderland, is performed in the afternoon. Based on a script by Alice Nellis, it features actress Martha Issa as a guide to Wonderland. And what else but musical ones, for the most part. Accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic Dulcimer Orchestra, the audience is led through enchanting melodies to discover how music can help solve many of the problems that everyday life brings. And discover its power , which helps to transport the mind to pleasant feelings. Especially for children, this performance is often a stimulus for their musical development. Because this is also a way to play.