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Time
(Thursday) 19:00
Event Details
JACQUES OFFENBACH Grand Concerto for cello and orchestra (“Concerto militaire”) SERGEI PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 Petr Nouzovský cello Brno Philharmonic conductor Case Scaglione A monumental 1847 concerto (performed here in a
Event Details
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Grand Concerto for cello and orchestra (“Concerto militaire”)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Petr Nouzovský cello
Brno Philharmonic
conductor Case Scaglione
- A monumental 1847 concerto (performed here in a critical edition) by the master of operetta melodies and one of the most celebrated cello virtuosos of his time • The work’s subtitle references the military, percussive final movement of the concerto • With Petr Nouzovský, fresh recipient of a Classic Prague Award for the recording of the year (a CD with the complete works for cello and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů) • Prokofiev’s symphony written in summer 1944 and reflecting his impressions of the war; a humanist drama about “the greatness of the human spirit”, victorious over evil • Under the baton of the young American conductor, Case Scaglione, a regular guest at the Brno Philharmonic and the new chief conductor of the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Location
Kulturní centrum Babylon, Sál Stadion
Kounicova 20
Kulturní centrum Babylon, Sál StadionKounicova 20