Christmas Concert in Smetana Hall

Experience a Christmas concert centered around one of Vivaldi’s most famous works, The Four Seasons.

The venue is Smetana Hall, which is the most beautiful concert hall in Prague and is the main hall of the Municipal House.

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.

Representative Smetana Hall was the site of the independent Czechoslovak Republic declaration in 1918. Nowadays it serves predominantly as a concert hall. Beautiful Art Nouveau decorations – paintings with Slavic motifs, decorative stained glass ceiling, gilded lamps, beautiful organ – all this creates an unusually harmonic whole, which is a worthy area for implementation of the greatest treasures of Czech and world classical music.

Program
A. Corelli – Christmas Pastorale
J. F. Wade – Adeste Fideles
A. Adam – O Holy Night
J. L. Pierpont – Jingle Bells
F. X. Gruber – Silent Night
Narodil se Kristus Pan - Czech Traditional Carol

A. V. Michna - Chtic aby spal - Czech Traditional Carol
A. Vivaldi – Four Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)

Performed by
The Dvorak Symphony Orchestra originated in the 1960s on the initiative of top musicians. Its current members are also leading players in Czech-renowned orchestras (the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of The National Theatre and more). The Orchestra has been featured in numerous European countries, the USA, Japan and South Korea.

Jaroslav Vodnansky - Conductor
Anna Dolejsi - Soprano

Note
Duration: 65 minutes
Dress code: casual
Senior citizen discount: over 65 years
Student discount: 15 - 26 years old with a valid student identification card
Children under 14 are admitted free of charge.