Welcome the New Year in the Rudolfinum, one of Prague's most beautiful concert halls, with Vivaldi, Bizet's Carmen, a Strauss polka and Widor's Toccata.
Program
G. F. Händel - Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)
A. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Summer & Winter (selections)
W. A. Mozart - Famous Aria from The Marriage of Figaro
G. Bizet - Carmen: Overture & Habanera
J. S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
A. Dvořák - Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46
J. Strauss II - Pizzicato-Polka, Op. 234
W. A. Mozart - Allegro from Salzburg Symphony, K 136
Encore: Ch.-M. Widor - Toccata from Symphony No. 5
Performed by
The Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Duangamorn Fu - soprano
Vlastimil Kobrle - solo violin
Aleš Bárta - organ
Venue
The Rudolfinum is one of the most beautiful and prestigious concert halls in Europe. Designed in a magnificent neo-Renaissance style, it is located on Jan Palach Square on the banks of the Vltava River near the Jewish Quarter. The building is named after Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia, son of Elisabeth (Sissi) and Franz Joseph I.
Important Information
Duration: 65 minutes
No intermission
Dress code: casual
Discounts: students (15-26 with a valid student card) and seniors (65+); children 3-14 half price; children up to 2 are admitted free of charge