Essen Philharmonic & Tomáš Netopil & Pavel Haas Quartet

Programme: – Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 – Antonín Dvořák: Symphonic Variations, Op. 78, B. 80 – Bohuslav Martinů: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, H. 207 – Richard Strauss: Suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59

The renowned Essen Philharmonic will present a combination of Czech and German repertoire under the baton of one of the most successful Czech conductors of the present time, Tomáš Netopil, who is active on concert stages both at home and abroad. A combination of typically German precision with Slavic ardour will yield an uncommon listening experience, further enhanced by performance in a work of Bohuslav Martinů by the Pavel Haas Quartet, a Czech-Slovak ensemble whose recordings have won many international honours including a prize from the Gramophone Awards – “the Oscars of classical music”.