Tomáš Netopil & Jean Rondeau - Thursday

ABOUT THE CONCERT

For his Advent concerts, Chief Conductor Tomáš Netopil presents a programme inspired by his love of Baroque music. Rameau's radiant orchestral suite opens the evening, followed by Poulenc's sparkling Concert champêtre – a witty twentieth-century homage to the harpsichord – performed by the brilliant Jean Rondeau, one of today's most distinctive exponents of the instrument. Luboš Fišer's Christmas, with its colourful settings of traditional Czech carols for soloists, choirs and orchestra, brings the programme to a joyful close as the festive season draws near.

The concert is held under the patronage of H.E. Stéphane Crouzat, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic.

PROGRAM

Jean-Philippe Rameau 

Les Boréades, Suite from the opera

Francis Poulenc

Pastoral Concerto for harpsichord and orchestra (Concert champêtre)

Luboš Fišer 

Christmas

PERFORMERS

Jean Rondeau | harpsichord

Vojtěch Semerád | tenor

Tadeáš Hoza | baritone

Jan Vlasák | narrator

Prague Philharmonic Childrenʼs Choir

The Kühn Choir of Prague

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Tomáš Netopil | conductor