Enjoy the music between the exhibited works. Art Sounds is a new joint programme of Galerie Rudolfinum and the Czech Philharmonic in the Zhanna Kadyrova: UNEXPECTED exhibition.

On selected Tuesdays from 5 to 6 pm, you can experience a series of short musical performances by members of the Czech Philharmonic directly in the exhibition halls. Each performance is 10–13 minutes long. The repertoire freely responds to Zhanna Kadyrova’s exhibition and its themes and will be performed repeatedly on a given day. You have the opportunity to enjoy it several times in a row. Or you can opt for just one musical reflection and then move on through the exhibition.

Admission is free.

Tuesday, April 2:

Markéta Vokáčová violin solo

• Programme:
  Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in E minor from Partita No. 3
  Eugène Ysaÿe: Prelude from Sonata No. 2 “Obsession” & Poco Lento“Malinconia”

The madness, sadness and absurdity emanating from Eugène Ysaÿe’s Second Sonata, combined with the traditionalism of Johann Sebastian Bach, together evoke an atmosphere of peaceful, normal life and then its disruption, the intrusion of the unwelcome and terrifying. In the last bars, which are a quotation of Gregorian chant, we say goodbye with a prayer for all those affected by the war.

All dates and programme:

• Tuesday, April 2 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Markéta Vokáčová violin solo
  Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Eugène Ysaÿe
• Tuesday, April 9 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Zdeněk Zelba violin, Kateřina Vogelová mezzo-soprano, Roman Malý accordion
  Scenic music on Ukrainian folk motifs
• Tuesday, April 23 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Petr Havlín violin solo
  Music by Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach and Petr Havlín
• Tuesday, April 30 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Vojtěch Jouza English horn, Anna Sommerová viola
  Music by Max Reger and Ondřej Kukal
• Tuesday, May 7 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Pavel Ciprys and Dominik Trávníček viola, Timotej Ciprys vocal
  Music by Pavel Ciprys, Frank Bridge and Béla Bartók
• Tuesday, May 21 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Luboš Dudek violin solo
  Music by Ernest Bloch
• Tuesday, June 4 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Jan Jouza and Markéta Vokáčová violin, Vlasta Beranová viola, Josef Dvořák cello
  Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich and Ottorino Respighi
• Tuesday, June 18 | 5 pm–6 pm
  Jan Holeňa and Dora Hájková Fidlitas Cello Duo
  Music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Pablo Casals, Astor Piazzola and Antonín Dvořák