HAMBURG, GERMANY – 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
For its opening concert at the Elbphilharmonie, the Czech Philharmonic will play Sergei Rachmaninoff’s most popular piano concerto. Under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, the orchestra again encounters the pianist Seong-Jin Cho.