An evening full of joy, youthful energy, and musical beauty! This time, the JFO Orchestra joins forces with talented pupils from elementary art schools. Together, they will perform Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme — a work illuminated by elegance and charm, inspired by his admiration for Mozart — and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony, radiant with optimism, melody, and love for the Czech countryside.

PROGRAMME

Johann Christian Bach
Cello Concerto in C minor, 1st movement

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B.163

PERFORMERS

Alessandro Mastracci – cello
Markéta Štenclová – cello
Štěpán Novotný – piano
Pupils of elementary art schools as tutti players
Anna Bangoura – presenter
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Stanislav Vavřínek – conductor

For Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mozart’s music was one of the unattainable ideals. From childhood, Tchaikovsky studied Mozart’s scores, becoming especially fond of Don Giovanni, and in his mature years he found balance and serenity in the Mozartian style. His Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, composed in 1876–1877 for the German cellist Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, may also be seen as a tribute to Mozart. This charming and elegant work, based on Tchaikovsky’s own Rococo-styled theme, has become a beloved staple of the cello repertoire.

“In Dvořák’s music, the sun still shines,” once declared the feared Viennese critic Eduard Hanslick. Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony is likewise a work filled with joy in life and admiration for beloved nature. Most of the symphony was written in late summer 1889, when Dvořák was staying in Vysoká, his country summer residence near Příbram, and it was completed in Prague in November of the same year. Dvořák’s genius for composition gave rise to a richly varied work whose melodic wealth clearly reflects inspiration from Czech folk music. The Eighth Symphony ranks among the finest of Dvořák’s great orchestral masterpieces.

For this concert, the members of the JFO Orchestra will be joined by talented pupils from elementary art schools.

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