1st Castle Concert: Bohemian Rhapsody

A river that rises and winds its way through landscapes and stories: this is how Bedřich Smetana’s famous tone poem »The Moldau« unfolds. With majestic flow and dancing lightness, it tells of the beauty of its homeland – of rustling forests, rural festivals and mysterious nights. This musical centrepiece forms the heart of an evening devoted entirely to Bohemian Romanticism. »The Moldau« is framed by other masterpieces that transform the soul of Bohemia into sound: Smetana's lively overture to »The Bartered Bride« and his nature idyll »From Bohemia's Fields and Groves«, Antonín Dvořák's lyrical romance for violin and orchestra, and Josef Bohuslav Foerster's autobiographical tone poem »Mé mládi – My Youth«. A celebration of the Bohemian soul – poetic, passionate and full of musical colours.