New Year’s Afternoon Concert

Humour is a must! And so you will have no lack of humour in the New Year, our Czech Philharmonic gala New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve concerts will end with a scherzo based on Goethe’s ballad, in which a sorcerer’s apprentice unsuccessfully attempts to tame the mops he has magically brought to life.

And before that?

To boost your confidence going into 2027, the ‘Jewellery Aria’ from Gounod’s Faust will urge you on as we witness how Marguerite, performed by soprano Simona Šaturová, admires her own reflection in the mirror…

…and we will see how Aminta from Mozart’s opera Il re pastore sings about the love in which he finds peace.

Take inspiration for peace and harmony from the Meditation in Act II of the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet…

In short, may your entire life be as lively and joyful as a Fritz Kreisler allegro!

Host only 1 Jan. 2027 

The concerts are held in cooperation with the Prague Sounds festival.

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, overture to the opera, K 621
“L’amerò, sarò costante”, Aminta’s aria from Act II of the opera Il re pastore, K 208

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a

Fritz Kreisler (arr. by David Garrett a Franck van der Heijden)
Praeludium and Allegro for violin and orchestra

Jules Massenet
Meditation from Act II of the opera Thaïs

Charles Gounod
”Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle”, Marguerite's aria from Act III of the opera Faust

Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, symphonic scherzo after a ballad by Goethe

Performers

Simona Šaturová soprano

Jan Mráček violin

Vasily Petrenko conductor
Czech Philharmonic

Marek Eben host