VIENNA, AUSTRIA – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – SMETANA, RACHMANINOFF

Czech Philharmonic European Tour

Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

PROGRAMME
Bedřich Smetana: Overture, Furiant, and Dance of the Comedians from the opera The Bartered Bride
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

PROGRAMME NOTE
“Why shouldn’t we rejoice?”, Smetana’s chorus sings. And why not after all, when we will hear excerpts from The Bartered Bride on our European tour. Before Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, the audience at Vienna’s Musikverein will hear his Second Piano Concerto.