VUS UK 75 – 1st Anniversary concert

9. 6. 2023 - 7:30 PM

Bethlehem Chapel, Betlémské nám. 255/4, Prague 1

The Charles University Choir (VUS UK) in Prague will celebrate its 75th anniversary with two concerts. The first of them will be dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Rachmaninoff and will also feature the cantata Carmina Burana by the German composer Carl Orff. We also invited two of our friendly choirs to the first annual concert – Prague Mixed Choir and Collegium Technicum from Košice (Slovakia).

 


Program:

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, op. 31
(a selection)
3. Glory to the Father and the Son
8. Cherubim Hymn
12. To Thee we sing
14. The Lord´s Prayer
16. Praise the Lord from the Heavens
19. Blessed be the name of the Lord
20. Glory be to the Father

Carl Orff (1895-1982):
Carmina Burana

 

Performed by:

Zuzana Koś Kopřivová – soprano
Ondřej Benek – tenor
Jakub Hliněnský – baritone

VUS UK
Prague Mixed Choir – choirmaster
Jiří Petrdlík
Collegium Technicum Košice (Slovakia) – choirmaster Tatiana Kanišáková

conducted by Ondřej Kunovský and Jakub Zicha

 
Admission fee 250,- CZK

Tickets can be ordered through the reservation system on http://www.vus-uk.cz/koncert/vus-uk-75-1-vyrocni-koncert/ or vus@vus-uk.cz (we will confirm your reservation via e-mail).

Seats are not numbered.