Czech Philharmonic ⬩ Simon Rattle

Programme

Antonín Dvořák The Wild Dove, Symphonic Poem, Op. 110 19'

Antonín Dvořák (* orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot) Večerní písně (Evening Songs) to verses by Vítězslav Hálek (selections) 20'

Antonín Dvořák (* orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot)
Když jsem se díval do nebe (“Visions of heaven I fondly paint”), Op. 31/7 (world premiere of the orchestral version) *

Antonín Dvořák (* orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot)
Umlklo stromů šumění (“The trees fell silent”), Op. 9/1 (world premiere of the orchestral version) *

Antonín Dvořák (* orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot)
Mně zdálo se (“I dreamt last night”), Op. 3/2

Antonín Dvořák (* orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot)
Já jsem ten rytíř (“I am that knight”), Op. 3/3

Antonín Dvořák (* orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot)
Když Bůh byl nejvíc rozkochán (“When God was in a happy mood”), Op. 3/4 (world premiere of the orchestral version) *

Songs, Op. 2, to verses by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (selections)
Ó byl to krásný zlatý sen (“Oh, it was a lovely, golden dream”), Op. 2/2 (world premiere of the orchestral version) *
Mé srdce často v bolesti (“My heart often broods in pain”), Op. 2/6 (world premiere of the orchestral version) *

— Intermission —

Hans Krása Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 1, to texts by Christian Morgenstern 8'

Gideon Klein (orchestrated by Jiří Gemrot) Ukolébavka (Lullaby) (world premiere of the orchestral version) 2'

Leoš Janáček
Taras Bulba, rhapsody for orchestra (23')

Antonín Dvořák wrote his Evening songs for voice and piano. At first, Magdalena Kožená performed them that way, but she later asked the Czech composer Jiří Gemrot to orchestrate them. The result is the selection to be heard on these subscription concerts along with two more songs from Dvořák’s Op. 2. Jiří Gemrot also orchestrated Gideon Klein’s Lullaby, while Hans Krása’s Four Orchestral Songs are heard in their original instrumentation. “I’m very curious about what the songs will sound like and how much they will please the public,” say Magdalena Kožená.