The Best of Classics

Concerts at the Municipal House - unique music, unique atmosphere, unique cultural experience!

The Municipal House in Prague was built at the place of the former Royal Court in 1912 to celebrate the Czech nation and has been one of the most significant public buildings in Prague for over a hundred years. It is a representative building which for its splendour and beautiful decorations is one of the jewels of Prague architecture. Although the building is usually described as an "Art Nouveau" edifice it is more of a blend of neo-Baroque, neo-Renaissance, western and oriental influences and Czech Art Nouveau style. This representative building is, above all, a great venue for classical music concerts and one of the prime venues of the world-famous Prague Spring Festival.

The decoration of Gregr Hall, designed originally for the Civic League, the initiator of the Municipal House’s construction, was entrusted to František Ženíšek, a member of the National Theatre generation, whose work is based in the ideological world of the academic painting of the second half of the 19th century. For this hall, Ženíšek painted ceiling allegories symbolizing Life, Poetry and Death. The hall is dominated by a mural triptych of Love Song, War Song and Funeral Song, depicting life from birth to death. The hall bears the name of Julius Grégr, a founder of the National Daily, which was an influential newspaper in the 19th and 20th century.

Duration: 60 minutes

Program
W. A. Mozart: A Little Night Music
G. F. Handel: Largo from Xerxes Opera
A. Vivaldi: Symphonia in G
P. Mascagni: Intermezzo sinfonico
J. Brahms: Hungarian Dance
J. Pachelbel: Canon
J. S. Bach: Air
A. Dvořák: Largo from Symphony No. 9 "From New World"
A. Dvořák: Two Waltzes
J. Strauss: Pizzicato Polka

Performed by
Prague Music Chamber Orchestra (8 - 11 members)
is composed of renowned musicians who play in leading orchestras such as the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra or Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra. Prague Music Chamber Orchestra excels with its unique sophisticated sound and is a representative of a highly valued interpretative art.

Soloists:

Vlastimil Kobrle
Former concert master of the Suk Chamber Orchestra and a soloist of the New Prague Collegium Radio Symfonists.

Petr Zdvihal
A concertmaster of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Ondrej Skopovy
Former member of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the second violin in Czech Philharmonic orchestra, member of Prague Royal Orchestra, Berg Chamber Orchestra, Talich Chamber Orchestra, Prague Collegium, etc.