PRAGUE, CZECHIA – CZECH PHILHARMONIC – SHOSTAKOVICH, DVOŘÁK

Karen Gomyo, violin
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor

PROGRAMME:
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

VENUE NOTE
The opening concert for the orchestra’s 130th season is all about the lucky number seven! Dmitri Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto is his Opus 77. The Czech Philharmonic Artist-in-Residence Janine Jansen was born on the seventh day of the month. And according to Semyon Bychkov, it is with his Seventh Symphony that Dvořák fully become himself.