Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra on ČT2 – Saturday, 8 January 2011
Starting 8 p.m. on 8 January 2011, Czech public television station ČT2 will be broadcasting a recording of the Smetana Gala concert, which took place on 7 December 2010 at the Congress Hall of the Prague Congress Centre. Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, tenor Tomáš Černý, the Prague Chamber Choir, headed by choirmaster Jaroslav Brych, and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, under chief conductor Valdimír Válek, were brought together to perform famous and popular arias, choruses, overtures, polkas, and other compositions by the composer venerated as the father of Czech national music.
The concert will feature the following items:
The Bartered Bride – overture
The Bartered Bride – Beer is indeed a gift from heaven
The Bartered Bride – How can I believe
The Bartered Bride – Skočná. Dance of the Comedians
The Bartered Bride – Faithful Love
The Bartered Bride – Furiant
The Kiss – The Bird Song
Triumph Symphony – Scherzo
The Bartered Bride – Come on, girl, let’s be merry
Festival Overture in C major
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia – Our time has come
Dalibor – Didst thou hear it, friend, in heaven’s regions
From Student Life
Two Widows – I rule independently
Two Widows – The Lord God must love us
March of the Student Legion
Dalibor – It’s the third night
To Our Girls. Polka
The Kiss – Sleep now, my angel
Shakespeare Festival March
