| Monday 08 September 2025 | 20:00 |
| Kateřina Kněžíková | Soprano |
| Robert Jindra | Conductor |
| Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra |
To honor Dvořák’s birthday, Kateřina Kněžíková, this year’s Dvořák Collection curator, presents two of his most beautiful song cycles.
A hypnotic atmosphere and small stories about life’s greatest themes will open the exclusive Dvořák Collection series, dedicated this year to the composer’s songs. Two of his finest song cycles will be performed: Love Songs and Gypsy Songs.
In the Love Songs, Dvořák revisited the intense emotions of his youth, but with the mastery of a mature composer. It is as if he were watching his younger self wandering near the home of his beloved, overwhelmed by the sweetness of her gaze. The Gypsy Songs carry the same romantic and passionate energy, infused with an exotic spirit. Much like Bizet’s Carmen, they evoke an idealised vision of freedom and independence. The cycle also includes one of Dvořák’s most famous melodies, Songs My Mother Taught Me—a song so iconic that Marlon Brando chose its English title for his memoirs.
These musical tales of love and life will be paired with wordless storytelling in the orchestral version of Dvořák’s Legends. The opening Nocturne will not lull the audience to sleep but instead lead them into a mesmerising trance—one that will hold them spellbound until the final note of the evening.
Ticket prices: 390 – 2 890 CZK
