Semyon Bychkov | Fascinating works marked by their time

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Fascinating works marked by their time – that could be the title of Semyon Bychkov’s unusual programme. The Mystery of Time by Miloslav Kabeláč from the 1950s was ill-suited for that period. Viktor Ullmann wrote his melodrama in Theresienstadt before being taken to Auschwitz. Johannes Brahms’s First Symphony took 20 years to reach its final form.

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PROGRAM

Miloslav Kabeláč
The Mystery of Time, passacaglia for large orchestra, Op. 31

Viktor Ullmann
Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke for recitation and orchestra

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

PERFORMERS

Thomas Quasthoff narrator

Semyon Bychkov conductor

Czech Philharmonic