Christmas Concert

Performers:

• Eduard ŠÍSTEK – violoncello
• Jaromír MEDUNA – speaker
• Barbora PERNÁ – soprano
• Karla BYTNAROVÁ – alt
• Martin ŠREJMA – tenor
• Roman JANÁL – baritone 
• Children choirs from ZUŠ Horní Slavkov, ZUŠ Kraslice a ZUŠ Sokolov
• ČERCHOVAN mixed choir
• West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Mariánské Lázně
• Radek BABORÁK conductor

Programme:

• Pavel Josef VEJVANOVSKÝ:Sonata à 5 C dur 
  
• Jakub Jan RYBA: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra 
  
• Luboš FIŠER: "Christmas" for recitation, solos, children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra

The festive Christmas concert marks the end of this year's „Year of Czech Music“ and therefore cannot consist of any music other than Czech music. After the majestic Sonata by the Baroque Kromeriz master Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, the cellist Eduard Šístek will amaze the audience with the virtuosity of the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra by Jakub Jan Ryba, who is mainly associated with his famous Czech Christmas Mass, nicknamed "Rybovka". The Czech Christmas carols in a novel arrangement for recitation, solo voices, children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra, created by composer Luboš Fišer, will illustrate the magic of Advent and the approaching Christmas, a holiday of peace, tranquillity and joy.