CANCELED: Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moravia
Due to an inability to secure visas for members of the orchestra for their North American tour, this performance has been canceled.
Beginning Tuesday, January 14, refunds will be issued in the original form of payment for any unreturned tickets. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Ticket Office at 217.333.6280, or at kran-tix [at] illinois.edu. The Ticket Office can be reached by phone 10am to 6pm, Tuesday-Friday.
If you would instead like to return your tickets in exchange for a Krannert Center gift card or would like to donate the cost of your tickets back to Krannert Center, please contact us by 6pm on Friday, January 10.
Czech melodies and rhythms will soar throughout the Foellinger Great Hall when the Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moravia arrives on its debut US tour, featuring the music of Antonín Dvořák and Bedřic Smetana. The program opens with Smetana’s brilliant overture to his opera The Bartered Bride, a pillar of the 19th century opera repertoire; Dvořák’s beloved Violin Concerto and his monumental Symphony No. 7 complete the program. Based in Olomouc, Moravia’s historic capital, the orchestra is one of the Czech Republic’s oldest and is renowned for its interpretations of the classics of Czech national music culture, and for its widely celebrated annual Dvořák Olomouc Festival.
Program
Bedřich Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Antonín Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53
Intermission
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
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