History

The Amadeus Children and Youth Orchestra from Kosovo will bring its passionate string sound, full of Balkan spirit. Orchestre Guitares & Co from France will surprise audiences with its unconventional lineup—an entire orchestra composed exclusively of guitars, capable of playing everything from Baroque to contemporary music. The Mazer Philharmonic Orchestra from Taiwan will showcase breathtaking precision and musical maturity. And the Taipei Municipal DunHua Junior High School String Orchestra, also from Taiwan, will demonstrate what young musicians are capable of when they have a decade of careful pedagogical tradition behind them.

TICKETS
The price is 150 CZK. Admission is free for Concert Club members upon prior reservation.

Program with piano accompaniment:

Peter Jones – Glory to God
Frederick Keel – Three Sailor Ballads: II. The Trade Winds
John Rutter – Now Give Thanks (Nun Danket)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio
Victor Johnson – Plaudite
Trad., arr. Andrew Parr – Shenandoah
Roger Quilter – Non Nobis Domine
Benjamin Britten – A New Year’s Carol
Bob Chilcott – Be My Vision
Claude Debussy – Arabesque No. 1
Claude-Michel Schönberg – Master of the House
John Ireland – Sea Fever
Christopher Tin – Baba Yetu
Sally Albrecht – Gloria – Fanfare

Queen Elizabeth’s School is a prestigious state high school with a tradition spanning more than 450 years, and has long been ranked among the top schools in England. The school’s music department is housed in a modern, purpose-built facility and fosters students’ performance skills, creativity, and a deeper understanding of music. Instruction includes voice, instrumental performance, composition, and active listening across a wide spectrum of musical styles.

The school’s musical life is exceptionally rich and includes regular concerts, competitions, festive church services, and international tours. Students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of ensembles and projects, and many of them go on to study music at prestigious universities, including Cambridge and the Royal Northern College of Music. The school’s chamber choir also performs regularly at prestigious venues, including Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, and King’s College in Cambridge.

The program will take the audience on a journey across musical styles and centuries. The program will feature traditional folk melodies, sacred music, the classical choral repertoire, and contemporary compositions for wind orchestra. Visitors can look forward to, for example, the well-known song “Shenandoah,” Gershwin’s “Summertime,” Mendelssohn’s “Lift Thine Eyes,” and energetic compositions for wind orchestra by contemporary composers.

The Senior Choir is the school’s largest choral ensemble and brings together students aged 14–18. The Chamber Choir is a select chamber choir that ranks among the school’s most successful ensembles. In 2024, it won the GSA Choir of the Year award, and in 2025, it advanced to the finals of the prestigious British Barnardo’s National Choir Competition.

The Symphonic Windband is bringing a representative selection of its members to Prague and will present a diverse repertoire of contemporary wind music, film-inspired pieces, and concert works.

The program will also feature the newly composed piece *Fanfare and Celebration* by British composer James Redwood. The work was created as a tribute to the school’s long-time head of the music department on the occasion of his retirement and will be performed by the Senior Choir and the Symphonic Windband.

(Česky)

Soubor Musiciof Robert Gordon’s College přiváží do České republiky pestrý program, který propojuje energii koncertního dechového orchestru, krásu sborového zpěvu, komorní eleganci smyčcového kvinteta a – to nejlepší nakonec – autentický zvuk skotských dud.

Robert Gordon’s College patří mezi přední vzdělávací instituce ve Skotsku a hudba zde hraje významnou roli. Na koncertě se představí školní Concert Band, Chamber Choir a studentské smyčcové kvinteto, které společně nabídnou průřez klasickou hudbou, filmovými melodiemi i oblíbenými moderními skladbami.

Můžete se těšit například na hudbu z filmu Brave, slavnou Habaneru z Bizetovy opery Carmen, energickou skladbu Jai Ho z oscarového filmu Milionář z chatrče, ale také na sborové úpravy známých hitů skupiny Toto či Backstreet Boys.

Vstupné dobrovolné.
Dobrovolné vstupné bude věnováno nadaci Helppes.

Helppes pomáhá osobám s nejrůznějšími druhy handicapů na jejich cestě k integraci, soběstačnosti a samostatnosti prostřednictvím speciálně vycvičených psů.

The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra is an award-winning youth string ensemble from California, bringing together talented young musicians dedicated to artistic excellence, collaboration, and the joy of making music together.

Under the direction of Scott Krijnen, the orchestra presents a program that combines European classical masterpieces with works by leading American composers. Featuring music by Mozart, Dvořák, Mendelssohn, and Bartók alongside pieces by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland, and David Conte, the concert offers an inspiring showcase of the next generation of American musicians.

Selection from the programme:

Béla Bartók – Divertimento (3rd Movement)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in D Major
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings (1st, 4th and 5th Movements)
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Aaron Copland – Hoe-Down

Admission is voluntary.

Voluntary donations will support the Diakonie ČCE Foundation, one of the leading providers of social services in the Czech Republic and a national leader in special education. For more than 30 years, the organization has been helping children, adults, seniors, and people facing difficult life situations. Across the country, it provides social, healthcare, educational, and pastoral services through more than 279 facilities.