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SEPTEMBER 2025


Martinů at Dvořák Prague Festival 2025

Since 2008, the Dvořák Prague Festival has been offering more than two weeks filled with beautiful music and extraordinary cultural events inspired by the life and creative legacy of one of the world’s greatest musical geniuses.

Apart from its stellar performers and ample programme mainly dedicated to the most famous Czech composer, visitors of the 18th edition of Dvořák Prague Festival will have the chance to hear two pieces by Bohuslav Martinů, too.

The Moldau and the Seine Dialogue
Sunday 14 Seprember 2025, 11.00 am
St Agnes Convent, Prague

The concert from the Dvořák Collection, curated by soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, will offer a varied program including an instrumental intermezzo performed by the Bennewitz Quartet.

Gabriel FAURÉ: La bonne chanson, op. 61
Ernest CHAUSSON: Chanson perpétuelle, op. 37
Antonín DVOŘÁK: Four Songs on the Words by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský, Op. 2, B. 124  
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: String Quartet No. 1, H 117 “French Quartet”
Joseph JONGEN: Calmes, aux quais déserts, op. 54
Guillaume LEKEU: Trois poémes, č. 3 Nocturne
Camille SAINT-SÄENS: Désir de l’Orient
Jules MASSENET: Nuit d’Espagne

More information can be read here.

A Tribute to the Schumanns & Gilgamesh
Saturday 20 September, 8.00 pm
Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague

The concert on 20 September offers an exceptionally varied musical experience. The first half of the evening will open with Clara Schumann’s rarely performed yet powerful and technically demanding Piano Concerto, presented by the Lithuanian soloist Onutė Gražinytė. This will be followed by the beloved Cello Concerto by her husband Robert Schumann, featuring the legendary British cellist Steven Isserlis. The second half of the concert will take on a different tone, presenting The Epic of Gilgamesh, an oratorio for soloists, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinů

Clara SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7
Robert SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: The Epic of Gilgamesh, H 351, oratorio for soloists, narrator, mixed choir and orchestra

More information can be read here.

More information on the festival can be found here: http://www.dvorakovapraha.cz/en/