Prague – Czech Philharmonic Chamber Music Society – 13 January 2026 – Rudolfinum – Czech Republic

Between his performances of The Well-Tempered Clavier, this season’s curator Mahan Esfahani will make room to honour his reputation as a bold musical explorer. In a thoughtfully assembled programme, he brings together Czech and international works of the 20th-century — paying tribute to Viktor Kalabis and shining a light on the inventive, though lesser-known, Henry Cowell. The evening’s climax will be Falla’s Harpsichord Concerto, interpreted by some of the Czech Republic’s finest musicians.

Bohuslav Martinů
Promenades, H 274

Richard Strauss
Dances from Capriccio, Op. 85 (1943)

Henry Cowell
Quartet for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord

Petr Eben
Sonata for harpsichord (1980)

Viktor Kalabis
Sonata for violin and harpsichord. Op. 28

Manuel de Falla
Harpsichord Concerto (1926)

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Mahan Esfahani harpsichord
Oto Reiprich flute
Barbora Trnčíková oboe
Anna Paulová clarinet
Milan Al-Ashhab violin
Aneta Šudáková cello