A Thousand Voices of Advent
Municipal House, Sunday 22 December 2024 at 4 pm and 8 pm
Bedřich Smetana: Let’s rejoice and be merry from the opera The Bartered Bride 3 min.
Bedřich Smetana: Dance of the Comedians from the opera The Bartered Bride 6 min.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus 3 min.
Antonín Dvořák: Polonaise from the opera Rusalka 3 min.
Antonín Dvořák: White blooms all along the road from the opera Rusalka 3 min.
Antonín Dvořák: The “Song to the Moon” aria from the opera Rusalka 6 min.
Josef Suk: Towards a New Life 6 min.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe Jesus bleibet meine Freude 3 min.
Bedřich Smetana: Overture to the opera The Bartered Bride 6 min.
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 4 min.
Jakub Jan Ryba: Czech Christmas Mass – Gloria 6 min.
Petr Popelka conductor
Alžběta Poláčková soprano
Štěpánka Pučálková mezzo-soprano
Daniel Matoušek tenor
Svatopluk Sem baritone
Towards the end of 2024, the Municipal House will host the largest choral concert to celebrate the Year of Czech Music and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana. It will celebrate the most important choral compositions of Czech music and also the Advent season. The tradition of choral singing is extremely strong in the Czech Republic, which is why the main performers will be amateur choirs from all over the country. About 1,000 performers will appear at the Municipal House in total. It will be possible to watch this extraordinary performance live on CT Art from 20:15 or listen to it live on Czech Radio D-Dur from 16:00 and on Czech Radio Vltava from 20:00.
The concert was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Capital of Prague.
Individual tickets: CZK 1,200 | CZK 900
The organiser reserves the right to change the list of scheduled performers.
