HAMBURG, GERMANY – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – SMETANA, RACHMANINOFF

Czech Philharmonic European Tour

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

PROGRAMME
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava, symphonic poem from the cycle My Country

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

PROGRAMME NOTE
The Elbe and the Moldau do not meet only at Mělník. A new confluence will arise at a concert of the Czech Philharmonic at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, where works by Sergei Rachmaninoff will be heard alongside Bedřich Smetana’s symphonic poem.