The third day of the Baltic Sea Festival opens with a vibrant musical gathering as musicians from the Czech Philharmonic and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra meet in the Queen Silvia Concert Hall. Together they highlight two chamber music masterpieces from their respective homelands: Antonín Dvořák’s warmly lyrical and irresistibly melodic Serenade for Strings — deeply rooted in Czech folklore — and Franz Berwald’s charmingly idiosyncratic Grand Septuor, a work that carries traces of Swedish musical identity in its most inventive form. A meeting of traditions, sound worlds, and musical roots.

Berwald’s septet and Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings

Queen Silvia Concert Hall

Violin virtuoso Jiří Vodička, Prague Spring Festival winner in cello Václav Petr and fantastic pianist Martin Kasík founded the chamber ensemble The Trio in 2020 and in the first year created a great audiovisual recording of Bohuslav Martinů's Bergerettes.

The Trio

Church of Saints Simon and Jude

Czech Philharmonic • Variations

Karlovy Vary City Theatre

French composers Milhaud, Chausson, and Debussy all have their own style – some more traditional, others more progressive. To combine their works into one programme brings promise of a diverse yet coherent evening of music. Performing their works are Czech Philharmonic concertmaster Jiří Vodička, the renowned pianist François Dumont, and the leading Czech ensemble, the Pražák Quartet.

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Czech Chamber Music Society • Pražák Quartet & Jiří Vodička

Rudolfinum

The Czech Philharmonic presents Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony with its Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov who is internationally acclaimed for his interpretations of the Russian composer’s music. Written in the second half of the 1930s during Stalin’s purges in the Soviet Union, the Symphony earnt Shostakovich a half-hour standing ovation. Today it is regarded as one of the pinnacles of modern music.

Jiří Vodička

Events

Past events

Aug 27, 2026

Berwald’s septet and Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings · Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Jan 27, 2026

The Trio · Prague Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Violin Concerto No. 1 by Shostakovich

Czech Philharmonic

Violin in Violin Concerto by Korngold

Czech Philharmonic

Violin in String Quartet No. 1 by Milhaud

Czech Philharmonic

Violin in Piano Trio in G Minor by Smetana

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Violin in Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet by Chausson

Czech Philharmonic

Violin in String Quartet in G minor by Debussy

Czech Philharmonic

Conductor in Serenade for Strings in E Major by Dvořák

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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