Czech Philharmonic ⬩ Orchestra Rehearsal... This Time with a Choir

After years of taking audiences behind the scenes of the orchestra, this time Marek Eben turns the spotlight on the world of choral singing. Joining him is the Prague Philharmonic Choir and its chief choirmaster, Lukáš Vasilek. What does it take to build a truly world-class choir? How do singers manage not only to sustain long musical passages vocally and physically, but also to remain standing throughout them? Is it really possible for every word to be heard? And what changes when the singers are joined by an orchestra, in this case, the Czech Philharmonic? At that moment, how do the roles of the choirmaster and the conductor relate to one another?