Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto

Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 39 min.
Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex Concert performance of the opera-oratorio 51 min.

Petr Popelka conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek choirmaster
to be finalised - tenor, Oedipus
Ester Pavlů mezzo-soprano, Jocasta
Jiří Brückler - baritone, Creon and the messenger
Pavel Švingr bass, Tiresias
Daniel Matoušek tenor, shepherd
Igor Bareš narrator

The first half of the concert will be of Russian Romanticism music. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D Minor by Sergei Rachmaninov is one of his most technically demanding piano concertos. The young British artist Isata Kanneh-Mason will be presented to the audience in Prague. The second part of the evening will be of Russian music of the 20th century. The chief conductor of the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka, will present the neo-classical oratorio-opera Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto was written by the French poet and playwright Jean Cocteau, based on Sophocles' tragedy of the same name. The title roles will be played by: Ester Paulů (mezzo-soprano), Jiří Brückler (baritone), Pavel Švingr (bass) and Daniel Matoušek (tenor), with Igor Bareš as the narrator. The artists will be accompanied by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and the male part of the Prague Philharmonic Choir.

The concert will be broadcast live on Czech Radio Vltava. A recording of the concert will also be broadcast on the Czech Radio D-dur programme every Wednesday.

Individual admission: CZK 1,100 | CZK 900 | CZK 700 | CZK 500 | CZK 300 | CZK 180

Subscription ‘R’ - Rudolfinum 7 concerts: CZK 3,600 | CZK 3,200 | CZK 2,700 | CZK 2,300 | CZK 1,800

Large subscription ‘R’ - Rudolfinum and ‘O’ - Municipal House 14 concerts: CZK 5,000 | CZK 4,600 | CZK 4,200 | CZK 3,900 | CZK 2,400

Concert duration 110 min.

We reserve the right to change the programme performers.