Bedřich Smetana

Under the title Slavic Rhapsody, the concert will present Slavic folk music and its echoes in music by featuring segments of operas, symphonic and choir music by composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Marjan Kozina, Stevan Mokranjac, Jakov Gotovac and Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin.

In a tribute to Czech composers Bedrich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak, the Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Petr Altrichter, presents Smetana's symphonic poem "The Moldau" and Dvorak's New World Symphony, composed in America and expressing the composer's nostalgia for his country.

The ERT Symphony Orchestra will perform works by Bedrich Smetana, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz and Nikos Christodoulou, who will also conduct, at the Athens Concert Hall on Monday, January 9. The ensemble will be joined by baritone Dimitris Tiliakos. The concert starts at 8.30 p.m. Admission is set at 10 euros (5 euros reduced).