PRAGUE, CZECHIA – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – BRITTEN, RACHMANINOFF

TBC, narrator

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Kristina Mkhitaryan, soprano
Pavel Černoch, tenor
Aleksei Isaev, bass

Prague Philharmonic Choir
Simon Halsey,choirmaster

Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Czech Philharmonic

PROGRAMME
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on Theme of Purcell), Op. 34

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
The Bells, a choral symphony for soloists, mixed choir, and orchestra, Op. 35

PROGRAMME NOTE
Standing before the Prague Philharmonic Choir is Simon Halsey. Besides being one of today’s most distinguished choral conductors, he can also boast of having been a personal acquaintance of Benjamin Britten—the composer of the Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. In the middle of the concert, Seong-Jin Cho will take a seat at the piano in Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody.