New Year’s Concerts of the Czech Philharmonic

ABOUT CONCERT

For this season’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day concerts led by Tomáš Netopil, the Czech Philharmonic returns to music of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries -  the “belle époque” -  when French music crossed the boundary of traditional aesthetics and thrilled listeners with beautiful melodies, grand Romanticism, and of course, Impressionism. Let’s dance together into the New Year with charm and elegance!

PROGRAM

Camille Saint-Saëns
Bacchanale from the opera Samson et Dalila, Op. 47

Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne from the suite Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80

Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns, Op. 52

Francis Poulenc
Rondeau from the suite Les biches

Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33

Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50 

Francis Poulenc
Rag-mazurka from the suite Les biches

Jules Massenet
Meditation, symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thaïs

Maurice Ravel
La Valse

PERFORMERS

Josef Špaček violin
Ivan Vokáč cello

Tomáš Netopil conductor

Czech Philharmonic

Marek Eben moderator (There will be a moderator only for the concerts on 1 Jan. 2025.)