FESTIVAL PARTNER AND CONCERT PARTNER
The closing concert of the Prague Spring is devoted to works by Czech composers in the year we mark Bedřich Smetana’s double anniversary and also celebrate the Year of Czech Music. We can look forward to classics Antonín Dvořák, Josef Suk and Leoš Janáček. Yet we won’t only be stepping back into the past: the programme also contains the European premiere of the piece Superorganisms, which Miroslav Srnka wrote as a commission from no less than five world orchestras. The evening’s soloist will be Josef Špaček, the youngest ever concertmaster of the Czech Philharmonic, moreover, with a dazzling solo career. The Czech Republic’s foremost orchestra will be led by eminent conductor David Robertson, whose Prague concerts always promise something truly exceptional.
PROGRAMME
- Miroslav Srnka: Superorganisms (European premiere)
- Leoš Janáček: The Wandering of a Little Soul, concerto for violin and orchestra
- Antonín Dvořák: Mazurek for Violin and Orchestra in E minor Op. 49
- Josef Suk: Praga, symphonic poem Op. 26
PERFORMERS
- Czech Philharmonic
- David Robertson - conductor
- Josef Špaček - violin