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Friday, January 20, 2017 12:30 AM // Hill Auditorium

Prague Philharmonia

Performance
 

Founded in 1994, The Prague Philharmonia demonstrates its tremendous love for the music it performs, with a sparkling passion that makes every listener return home from its concerts full of joie de vivre.

The late Yehudi Menuhin called Sarah Chang “the most wonderful, perfect, ideal violinist I have ever heard” — this at the age of eight, when she made her debut with the New York Philharmonic. Chang has continued to impress with her technical virtuosity and refined emotional depth and is the featured soloist in this program of some of classical music’s most beloved scores.

Pianist Andrew Von Oeyen, who “leaves you convinced he can do absolutely anything he likes with a keyboard,” (Chicago Tribune), performs Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the orchestra.

PROGRAM

Smetana “Die Moldau” from Má vlast
Dvořák Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25
Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

Artist Website

http://www.pkf.cz/en/

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Friday, January 20, 2017 12:30 AM
Hill Auditorium

Prague Philharmonia

Performance

Founded in 1994, The Prague Philharmonia demonstrates its tremendous love for the music it performs, with a sparkling passion that makes every listener return home from its concerts full of joie de vivre.

The late Yehudi Menuhin called Sarah Chang “the most wonderful, perfect, ideal violinist I have ever heard” — this at the age of eight, when she made her debut with the New York Philharmonic. Chang has continued to impress with her technical virtuosity and refined emotional depth and is the featured soloist in this program of some of classical music’s most beloved scores.

Pianist Andrew Von Oeyen, who “leaves you convinced he can do absolutely anything he likes with a keyboard,” (Chicago Tribune), performs Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the orchestra.

Artist Website

http://www.pkf.cz/en/

PROGRAM (Fri 1/20/2017: Hill Auditorium)

Smetana “Die Moldau” from Má vlast
Dvořák Violin Concerto in a minor, Op. 53
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Op. 25
Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

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A Taste of Czech with The Prague Philharmonia

The Prague Philharmonia brings a slice of Czech culture with its performance. U-M Professor Tim Cheek on the country, the culture (including beer!), and the music.