Dvorak's Prague Festival 2019 at Rudolfinum: Dvorak Hall

The performance features pieces by Dvořák, as well as works by well-known international composers, and are performed by Czech and International orchestras.

The concert is performed in the stunning Dvořák Hall, the main hall at the Rudolfinum and one of only two grand concert halls in Prague.

10 SEPTEMBER 2019 - 20:00

Chamber Series Opening

Violin: Gil Shaham
Violin: Josef Spacek
Viola: Pavel Nikl
Violoncello: Kian Soltani
Piano: Gerhard Oppitz.

Antonín Dvořák
Piano Quintet No.2 in A Major, Op.81, B. 155 Johannes Brahms
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34.

Great chamber music works by two close friends - that would be a possible way to characterise briefly the content of the opening concert of the Dvořák Prague Festival Chamber Music Series. The Piano quintets of Antonín Dvořák and of his great artistic model Johannes Brahms are some of the finest chamber music to have been composed during their times.

Doors close: 19: 55
Running Time: 110 minutes
Dress Code: Dark Suit OR Shirt, Tie & Smart Trousers.

To conclude this year’s Dvořák Prague Festival, we are welcoming Neeme Jarvi to the Rudolfinum. The famed Estonian conductor, the Nestor of a conducting dynasty, and his "own" Estonian National Symphony Orchestra will be introducing to the festival public less familiar music by his compatriot Heino Eller as well as a great work of Nordic provenience, the Violin Concerto in D Minor by Jean Sibelius. The Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti, who is well known to the Czech public, will bring to the solo part the virtuosity and fervour for which she is noted. Drawing this year’s festival to a close will be the Fourth Symphony, subtitled Romantic, by Dvořák’s contemporary Anton Bruckner. Like Dvořák, Bruckner was a man of deep religious faith, and this is reflected in his musical legacy.

Doors close: 19:45
Running Time: 130 minutes
Dress Code: Black Tie or Dark Suit, Shirt & Tie.