Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra / Josef Špaček / Petr Popelka

Date & Time

Wed, Nov 6, 2024, 20:00

Venue

When Petr Popelka conducts the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra in music by three of the most famous composers from his Czech homeland, that is a speciality in itself. And Dvořák’s »The Noon Witch« adds another rarity to the programme. In this symphonic poem, a witch appears on the scene at exactly noon and has a decisive influence on events in both the underlying fairy tale and the music. Of course, Dvořák did not miss the opportunity to incorporate the chimes... Read full text

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Musicians

Prager Radio-Sinfonieorchester
Josef Špaček	Violin
Petr Popelka	Conductor

Program

La Bagarre / Allegro for Orchestra, H 155	Bohuslav Martinů
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, H 293	Bohuslav Martinů
Funk the String	Aleksey Igudesman
The Noon Witch / Symphonic Poem, Op. 108	Antonín Dvořák
Pohádka (Fairy Tale) / suite from incidental music composed for Julius Zeyer’s dramatic fairy tale »Radúz a Mahulena«, Op. 16	Josef Suk
Slawischer Tanz C-Dur op. 72/15	Antonín Dvořák

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