Daniil Trifonov / Semyon Bychkov

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The Royal Conservatory of Music, TELUS Centre, Koerner Hall Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Programme

Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)	Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.33
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	The Sleeping Beauty: excerpts (trans. Pletnev)
Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884)	Má vlast: Vyšehrad (The High Castle)
Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884)	Má vlast: Vltava (The Moldau)
Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884)	Má vlast: Šárka

Performers

Daniil Trifonov	Piano
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov	Conductor

Opening the Canadian part of the tour is the piano virtuoso Daniil Trifonov, the Czech Philharmonic’s artist-in-residence for its 129th season. He will play Dvořák’s Piano Concerto. Toronto will then hear the first half of Smetana’s cycle Má vlast, which chief conductor Semyon Bychkov recently recorded with the orchestra. Together they will give a musical recitation of the symphonic poems Vyšehrad, Vltava, and Šárka.

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Czech Philharmonic’s triumphant visit to Toronto

Michelle Assay, 9th December

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic bring their Year of Czech Music to a triumphant conclusion in Toronto’s Koerner Hall, where Daniil Trifonov raises the roof with Dvořák’s neglected Piano Concerto.

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