Benefit concert / ZUŠ Open festival

May 28, 2024, 20:15

Magdalena Kožená / mezzo-soprano
Josef Špaček / violin
Přemysl Kšica jr. / organ
Symphony ZUŠ Open Orchestra supported by the Czech Philharmonic players
United Children ZUŠ Open Choir
Jan Kučera / conductor

PROGRAMME:
Jan Kučera: St. Vitus Fanfare (premiere)
Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek: Symphony in D (1st movement Allegro con brio)
Johann Sebastian Bach: aria "Erbarme dich" from the St. Matthew Passion
Václav Ptáček: Ave Maria
Zdeněk Lukáš: Dawn
Miloš Bok: Hymn
Magnificat (premiere)
Missa brevis in E flat major (Gloria)

The benefit concert will take place at St. Nicholas Church in Prague's Lesser Town as part of the national festival of elementary art schools ZUŠ Open. The programme will be accompanied by David Mareček, General Director of the Czech Philharmonic.
The proceeds from the voluntary contributions are intended directly for the implementation of projects of the Magdalena Kožená Foundation, which supports pupils with health or socio-economic disadvantages within the primary school system.
The concert is part of the Year of Czech Music 2024 and will be broadcast live on ČT art.