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Snowflakes are falling outside the windows, but it’s warm inside and the smell of evergreen needles is everywhere. We hear Tchaikovsky’s magical music, and we set out for a fairytale kingdom… We’ll follow footprints in the snow, our drumming will overpower the Mouse King, until finally we dance our way to the Christmas tree. And then what? We’ll unravel whether it was all a dream…
What is opera? To get an answer, we'll go see Mr. Janáček and his pupil Zdenka. Will walk through a mysterious forest, by a pond we'll turn into animals, then we'll knock on a door. In the room inside, Leoš Janáček has just finished The Cunning Little Vixen, and we'll try out what it's like to sing in an opera like that.
Become apprentice magicians in the percussion kingdom, where the wizard Pavel Polívka lives. Everyone will feel safe there, like in a lair, even if there happens to be rumbling thunder, rain, or a stampede of horses.
The journey can be the destination. Let's go together to a concert of chamber music by Antonín Dvořák. Where will we go? As far as America. What will we be riding? Dvořák's favourite means of transportation. Who will go with us? The Norbert Quartet - real string experts.
We'll wander over the mountains, across Moravia and Slovakia, to see what music and dancing are like when done eagerly. We'll plunk on the cimbalom and find out what it's like to lead playing the violin or to accompany playing double bass or viola, and at the end, we'll dance together. What fun!
Once upon a time there was a Chinese emperor who loved toys, technical novelties, machines of all kinds, and mechanical puppets. Then one day he received an unusual gift: a mechanical nightingale wound up with a key. But can it replace the lovely song of a live nightingale? And what happens if the toy breaks?
With the actress Martha Issová, we will head for the realm of musical wonders and the world of Jaroslav Ježek. The new programme commemorates the 120th birthday of the composer, conductor, and pianist. Awaiting you are the players of the trombone and tuba section of our orchdstra: the Czech Philharmonic Low Brass Ensemble.
Come immerse yourself among the notes and take part in letting music resound! Turn yourselves from watchers into performers, from listeners into musicians, and from observers into the people driving the action. In our seventh year, we will have three separate gatherings.
Sense with us the acoustic possibilities of Dvořák Hall and try to hear what is written within its walls. This non-traditional musical gathering is like an outcome of the previous three workshops 100 Minutes Among the Notes, but you can come even if it is your first time.
Concerts in the "Steps" series are journeys of discovery. We often try to get into composers' heads to see how they were thinking when writing music and where the important crossroads are that were decisive for how the work turned out. Above all, we discover the music itself and our relationship with it: what speaks to us and why we like it.
Each year from January until June, about 60 young people meet at the Rudolfinum to create a beautiful joint concert under the guidance of players from the Czech Philharmonic (and with support from their teachers). This time, the project participants are from the regions of Hradec Králové, Moravian Silesia, Pilsen, Zlín, and Prague. The charismatic conductor Petr Altrichter will lead the concluding concert.
At this programme for the general public, Jana Boušková reveals the secrets of undoubtedly the most elegant orchestral instrument. You will see and hear music being played, including arrangements for two harps.
Our host will be the Czech Philharmonic double bass section leader Adam Honzírek. We'll hear about what this big instrument can do and what makes it challenging, and also about its place in the symphony orchestra. To do this, we'll take a musical journey from the classics to jazz and on to modern experiments.
Programme inspired by the life story of priest Josef Toufar, who was tortured to death by Communist State Security officers in January 1950. With the Czech Philharmonic musicians, members of the Disman Radio Children’s Ensemble and music by Slavomír Hořínka.
