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1/11/2026 Sunday 5:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin piano
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 (24')
Fryderyk Chopin
Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41, No. 2
Mazurka No. 29 in A flat major, Op. 41, No. 4
Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56, No. 3
Mazurka No. 39 in B major, Op. 63, No. 1
Mazurka No. 51 in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4 (12')
— Intermission —
Robert Schumann
Kreisleriana, op. 16 (30')
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor (10')
1/19/2026 Monday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Zemlinsky Quartet
Simone Rubino percussion
Franziska Rabl recitation, vocals
Zemlinsky Quartet
František Souček violin
Petr Střížek violin
Petr Holman viola
Vladimír Fortin cello
Jiří Skuhra flute
Jan Mach clarinet
Stanislav Masaryk trumpet
Lukáš Moťka trombone
Karel Malimánek tuba
Stanislav Gallin piano
Programme
Peter Wittrich
The Little Prince (85')
2/25/2026 Wednesday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Jiří Rajniš
Jiří Rajniš baritone
Robert Pechanec piano
Programme
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Aussicht (1'15)
Der Geniale (0'50)
Das Mädchen (1'30)
from the cycle Twelve Songs, Op. 5 “So Gott und Papa will”
My mistress’ eyes, from the cycle Five Songs, Op. 38 (2'20)
Gustav Mahler
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (6'50)
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (2')
from the cycle Five Songs on Poems by Friedrich Rückert
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (6'30)
Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang (3'30)
Lied des Verfolgten im Turm (4')
Der Schildwache Nachtlied (6')
from the cycle The Youth’s Magic Horn
Francesco Paolo Tosti
Non t’amo più (4'50)
'A vucchella (2'20)
La serenata (3'20)
Luigi Denza
Vieni a me (4'10)
Rodolfo Falvo
Dicitencello vuie (2'40)
Ernesto de Curtis
Non ti scordar di me (3'20)
Stanislao Gastaldon
Musica proibita (3'40)
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Parlami d’amore, Mariù (2'30)
Enrico Cannio
'O surdato 'nnammurato (2'30)
3/2/2026 Monday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Martinů Voices
Karolína Levková soprano
Martin Šrejma tenor
Roman Hoza baritone
Jan Šťastný recitation
Martinů Voices
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
Bennewitz Quartet
Jakub Fišer violin
Štěpán Ježek violin
Jiří Pinkas viola
Štěpán Doležal cello
Matouš Zukal piano
Programme
Jiří Gemrot
The Burying of Light
Bohuslav Martinů
Five Czech Madrigals, H 321 (6')
Mikeš of the Mountains, H 375 (21')
3/8/2026 Sunday 5:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Programme
Alisa Weilerstein
Fragments I (60')
— Intermission 40' —
Fragments II (60')
4/6/2026 Monday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Mahan Esfahani
Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 870-881 (140')
4/12/2026 Sunday 5:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Franco Vassallo
Franco Vassallo baritone
Giovanni Brollo klavír
Programme
Giulio Caccini
Amarili, mia bella
Alessandro Scarlatti
“Già il sole dal Gange”, aria from the opera L’honestà negli amori
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Deh vieni alla finestra”, canzonetta from the opera Don Giovanni
Gioacchino Rossini
“Largo al factotum”, cavatina from the opera The Barber of Seville
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Mattinata
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond
Let Beauty Awake
The Roadside Fire
from the cycle Songs of Travel
Fryderyk Chopin
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Giuseppe Verdi
“Cortigiani, vil razza dannata”, aria from the opera Rigoletto
“Quand’ero paggio”, aria from the opera Falstaff
Fryderyk Chopin
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Giacomo Puccini
“Ah! Vittoria! Vittoria!”, aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi
4/22/2026 Wednesday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Wihan Quartet
Wihan Quartet
Leoš Čepický violin
Jan Schulmeister violin
Jakub Čepický viola
Michal Kaňka cello
Jakub Jedlinský accordion
Programme
Bryce Dessner
Circles (6')
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (32')
— Intermission —
Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor “Death and the Maiden”, D 810 (38')
6/8/2026 Monday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Nicholas Kraemer
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer conductor
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (21')
George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324 (15')
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (12')
Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture in D major, TWV 55:D21 (20')
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in D major, BWV 1050 (21')
6/10/2026 Wednesday 7:30 PM - Czech Chamber Music Society ⬩ Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
Frederik Øland violin
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard viola
Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin cello
Programme
Bryce Dessner
Aheym (10')
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major (29')
— Intermission —
Nordic Folk project
original arrangements of Scandinavian folk music (30')
Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum, one of the most noteworthy buildings in Prague, was built between 1876 and 1884 according to the designs of architects Josef Zítek and Josef Schulze. Originally intended as a multipurpose cultural building in Prague, the Rudolfinum was inagurated on February 7, 1885. It carried out its mission until 1919, when it was converted to the House of Commons of the Czechoslovak Republic. Concert activity was restored to the Rudolfinum during the German occupation, but full rehabilitation, particularly of the gallery, did not take place until 1992. After a general reconstruction by architect Karel Prager in 1992, the Rudolfinum became the home of the Czech Philharmonic and the Rudolfinum Gallery.
Dvorana – Ceremony Hall
The central space in the gallery portion of the Rudolfinum was designed by Josef Zítek and Josef Schulz as an entrance hall to the art gallery. After 1918, however, this space was converted into a parliamentary cafeteria, and after World War II it served as a gymnasium for the Prague Conservatory. At the end of the 1980s, Ceremony Hall was threatened with reconstruction – but plans to tear down the main staircase to make room for another concert hall did not go through, and the hall retained its original appearance. Of particular interest in Ceremony Hall are 25 empty spaces on its walls, which were originally intended to be filled in with frescos. The majority of the eminent Czech painters, however, boycotted the 1891 fresco competition in protest over the large number of German artists involved in the construction of the Rudolfinum.
Dvořák Hall
The Czech Philharmonic took the stage in this world-famous concert hall in 1896, performing for its first-ever concert under the baton of Antonín Dvořák himself. The hall remained a space for concerts and performances until 1918, at which time it became a boardroom for the new parliament of the Czechoslovak Republic. The stage and the organ loft became a tribunal (garnished with a statue of President T.G. Masaryk), from which parliamentary leaders presided over proceedings. The hall's original character (and purpose) was restored
in 1940–1942 according to a project conceived by Antonín Engel and Bohumír Kozák, and it has remained in this form through to the present. In accordance with Josef Zítek and Josef Schulz's original proposal, the central visual element in the hall is an organ, which was made in Frankfurt, Germany. During the hall's stint as a parliamentary meeting place, the organ was housed in Brno. When it returned to the Rudolfinum in 1940, its register was extended. Dvořák Hall's final update took place in 1992 when the entire Rudolfinum building underwent reconstruction.
When travelling by public transport, get off at the Staroměstská metro station (Line A), tram stop (trams nos. 17, 18 and 53) or bus stop (no. 207).
Parking is available at the underground parking facility on Jan Palach Square. The facility is not part of the Rudolfinum premises.
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