Rockin’ at the Rudolfinum: the Czech Phil plays Bryce Dessner

Jakub Hrůša with Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin

By Frank Kuznik, 06 February 2026

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“the orchestra gave the music a cinematic quality ideal for bringing atmospheric seascapes to life”

Reviewed at Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall, Prague on 5 February 2026

Suk, Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn "St Wenceslas”, Op.35a

Suk, Legend of the Dead Victors, Op. 35b

Suk, Towards a new life, Op.35c

Dessner, St Carolyn by the Sea (Czech premiere)

Britten, Peter Grimes, Op.33a: Four Sea Interludes

Suk, Praga, symphonic poem, Op.26

Bryce Dessner, Electric guitar

David Chalmin, Electric guitar

Jakub Hrůša, Conductor

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.