OSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 86 in D major, Hob. I:86,
SERGEY PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 “Classical”,
FÉLIX ALEXANDRE GUILMANT Symphony No. 1 in D minor for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 42
organ Drahomíra Matznerová,
Brno Philharmonic, conductor Bastien Stil
• The fifth of Haydn’s six Paris symphonies, composed for concerts organised by the freemasonic Loge Olympique
• Prokofiev’s first symphony composed in the style of Haydn as a reflection of times past
• Spectacular organ symphony by French composer and organist Félix A. Guilmant (1837–1911) performed by Drahomíra Matznerová, leading Czech player on “the king of instruments” and titular organist at the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Prague’s Malá Strana
• Charismatic French conductor Bastien Stil again at the Brno Philharmonic
