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.

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Czech Chamber Music Society • Mahan Esfahani

Rudolfinum

In Entr’acte, Caroline Shaw, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and five GRAMMY® Awards, imagines a world of sounds that have always existed but have never been heard before. Inspired by the transition between the minuet and trio in Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77 No. 2, the work unfolds as a delicate musical fantasy. Anders Hillborg composed Bach Materia as a dialogue with Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Drawing on Bach’s musical material, he develops it with improvisatory freedom and a contemporary sonic imagination. In his project The Four Seasons Recomposed, Max Richter reconsiders Vivaldi’s famous Four Seasons, revealing them from a fresh, contemporary perspective.

Milan Al-Ashhab

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 15, 2026

Music Forum HK: Shaw. Hillborg. Richter · Prague Philharmonia

Past events

Jan 13, 2026

Czech Chamber Music Society • Mahan Esfahani · Czech Philharmonic

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord by Kalabis

Czech Philharmonic

Violin in Bach Materia by Hillborg

Prague Philharmonia

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