Christmas Subscription: The Best of the Municipal House

Give your loved ones an experience they will remember! This festive package offers five concerts in the magnificent Smetana Hall of the Municipal House. You will encounter many outstanding Czech and international artists. The program is highlighted by Brahms’s symphonies, personally selected and conducted by chief conductor Petr Popelka. Guest artists include conductor Omer Meir Wellber, violinist Timothy Chooi, and soprano Veronika Rovná, alongside the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. The subscription can be purchased from 1 November to 23 December 2025.

The package includes:

Concert 1
Beethoven and Dvořák’s Eighth
26 January 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Municipal House

Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano (arranged for accordion, mandolin, and piano)
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major

Performers:
Omer Meir Wellber – conductor, accordion
Guy Mintus – piano
Jacob Reuven – mandolin

Concert 2
Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
16 February 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Municipal House

Programme:
Bohuslav Martinů: Prelude for Orchestra, H. 345
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – selection from the ballet

Performers:
Alevtina Ioffe – conductor
Timothy Chooi – violin

Concert 3
Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony
2 March 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Municipal House

Programme:
Zdeněk Fibich: Šárka, overture to the opera
Reinhold Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Performers:
Jiří Habart – conductor
Veronika Rovná – soprano

Concert 4
Petr Popelka and Brahms’s Symphonies I–II
13 April 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Municipal House

Programme:
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major

Performers:
Petr Popelka – conductor

Concert 5
Petr Popelka and Brahms’s Symphonies III–IV
14 April 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Municipal House

Programme:
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Performers:
Petr Popelka – conductor