New YEAR'S CONCERT IN MUNICIPAL HOUSE

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:

G. Bizet - Overture from the Opera „Carmen"
W. A. Mozart - Alleluja (from Exsultate Jubilate)
A. Dvořák - Slavonic Dance No. 8
A. Dvořák - Rusalka´s aria (from the Opera „Rusalka“)
B. Smetana - My Country "The Moldau"
G. Rossini - Una voce poco fa (from the Opera "The Barber of Seville")
A. Vivaldi - Four Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)

Duration: 65 minutes