Christmas Mozart and Strauss in Gregr Hall

Mon, Dec 23 2024, 17:00
Municipal House (Obecní dům), Gregr Hall
Seating plan Assigned seating
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Dvorak Symphony Orchestra Prague (chamber cast) with opera soloists and ballet dancers will perform "The Best Of Mozart & Strauss".

Dvorak Symphony Orchestra Prague originated in the 60s of the last century on the initiative of the top musicians. Also, the current members are leading players renowned orchestras in Prague (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, FOK, SOCR, PKO, PKF, The National Theatre and others). The Orchestra featured in most European countries, in USA, Japan and in South Korea.

The decoration of Grégr 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.

Programme:

E. Bernstein – The Magnificent Seven
S. Joplin – The Entertainer („The Sting“)
C. M. Schönberg – I Dream A Dream („Les Miserables“)
M. Magne – Angéligue
ABBA – Super Trouper („Mamma Mia!“)
Vangelis – Conquest Of Paradise („1492: Conquest of Paradise")
H. Zimmer – Pirates of the Caribbean
A. L. Webber – I Don´t Know How to Love Him („Jesus Christ Superstar“)
Metallica – Nothing Else Matter
The Beatles – Ob-La-Di
L. M. Miranda: You'll Be Back („Hamilton“)
J. Williams – E.T.
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
T. Newman – James Bond: Skyfall

Duration: 65 minutes