New Year’s afternoon concert
FRANZ von SUPPÉ
Light Cavalry, overture
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Tsar’s Bride, overture
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Brno Philharmonic
conductor Robert Kružík
- An afternoon celebration of the New Year and the Brno Philharmonic’s 63rd anniversary with a shortened programme of the evening’s concert • Two composers celebrating important birthdays: Franz von Suppé (200 years) and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (175 years), and the overtures to their musical dramas • The most famous cello concerto of all time performed by the star British soloist, Raphael Wallfisch, under the baton of his pupil, the conductor (and also a cellist), Robert Kružík
