Special New Year’s Eve public rehearsal
For this season’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day concerts led by Tomáš Netopil, the Czech Philharmonic returns to music of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries - the “belle époque” - when French music crossed the boundary of traditional aesthetics and thrilled listeners with beautiful melodies, grand Romanticism, and of course, Impressionism. Let’s dance together into the New Year with charm and elegance!
Thursday
12/31/2026
11:00 AM
Rudolfinum - Dvořák Hall
Praha
150 - 1100 CZK
Description
ABOUT CONCERT
For this season’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day concerts led by Tomáš Netopil, the Czech Philharmonic returns to music of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries - the “belle époque” - when French music crossed the boundary of traditional aesthetics and thrilled listeners with beautiful melodies, grand Romanticism, and of course, Impressionism. Let’s dance together into the New Year with charm and elegance!
PROGRAM
Camille Saint-Saëns
Bacchanale from the opera Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Gabriel Fauré
Sicilienne from the suite Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice d’après l’étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns, Op. 52
Francis Poulenc
Rondeau from the suite Les biches
Camille Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50
Francis Poulenc
Rag-mazurka from the suite Les biches
Jules Massenet
Meditation, symphonic intermezzo from the opera Thaïs
Maurice Ravel
La Valse
PERFORMERS
Josef Špaček violin
Ivan Vokáč cello
Tomáš Netopil conductor
Czech Philharmonic
Marek Eben moderator (There will be a moderator only for the concerts on 1 Jan. 2025.)
