Iveta Apkalna pursues milestones in organ music: Johann Sebastian Bach’s enormous Chaconne, César Franck’s ground-breaking »Prélude, fugue et variation« or Camille Saint-Saëns’ »Danse macabre« which exploits the symphonic sound possibilities of the organ. The titular organist of the Elbphilharmonie complements her solo programme with further pieces, which also showcase »her« instrument in full splendour.

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Iveta Apkalna, organ

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Organ students of Ken Cowan and Trumpet students of Barbara Butler

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

After performing the previous night with the Czech Philharmonic on our grandest stage, the Prague Philharmonic Choir graces the intimate Zankel Hall with this powerful, all-Czech program in honor of the 100th Year of Czech Music celebration. The ensemble is one of the world’s leading champions of Czech choral music—a singular tradition—and in this concert, they perform vocal works by many of the nation’s most beloved composers: Eben, Janáček, Dvořák, Martinů, and Jan Novák.

Prague Philharmonic Choir

Carnegie Hall

In his cycle Windows, Petr Eben unforgettably combined the sounds of the organ and trumpet. This emblematic work and other noteworthy compositions written for a non-traditional combination of instruments will open this year’s series of Morning Concerts with Czech Philharmonic first trumpet player Walter Hofbauer and organist Petr Čech.

Czech Chamber Music Society • Walter Hofbauer

Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Benjamin Ray Haden, Trumpet

The Juilliard School

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.

Petr Eben

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 13, 2026

Czech Chamber Music Society • Mahan Esfahani · Czech Philharmonic

Past events

Jun 3, 2025

Iveta Apkalna, organ · Elbphilharmonie

Feb 4, 2025

Organ students of Ken Cowan and Trumpet students of Barbara Butler · The Shepherd School of Music

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