33rd Season - Chamber Series

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In the 33rd season, the Chamber Music Series K is based on the leitmotif of Musical (Non)Friendship. The entire season also marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Ludwig van Beethoven (died in Vienna on 26 March 1827), featuring special concerts in January (K5) and March (K7) dedicated to him. At the January (K5) concert, the founding members of the orchestra represented by the Prague Philharmonia Wind Quintet will also commemorate Prof. Jiří Bělohlávek.

The Chamber Music Series will open with the Dvořák Piano Quartet (K1). This first chamber music concert will highlight the friendship between Dvořák and Brahms. For the first time, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will be heard within the Prague Philharmonia’s Chamber Music Series (K4), reflecting the Italian composer’s friendship with his patron, Count Wenzel Morzin. Other distinguished friends were Bohuslav Martinů and the Czech piano virtuoso Josef Páleníček. Their music will be presented by the Smetana Trio headed by Páleníček’s son (K2). The Chamber Music Series will also examine the friendships between individual performers and composers. This includes, for example, Kateřina Horká, a contemporary Czech composer whose premiere will be performed by the Kalabis Quintet (K3), or the February concert (K6) for four violins, featuring members of the Prague Philharmonia.

The April concert (K8) given by the Trio Incendio is not only about the friendship but also about the lack of friendship between two French composers – Claude Debussy and Camille Saint-Saëns. The performers of the Chamber Music Series include Prague Philharmonia’s concert masters Pavla Tesařová and Romana Špačková; section principal Lukáš Pospíšil (K7), bassoonists Tomáš Františ and Petr Sedlák (K9); and many others.

The 33rd season of the Chamber Music Series will be crowned with the final June concert (K10) with the Bennewitz Quartet and the clarinetist Jan Brabec.

Martina Sermain
Artistic Programmer of the Chamber Music Series

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Special thanks to Mr. Ing. Ondřej Žižka.