Events 2 – CZECHIA MEETS CYPRUS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

On the occasion of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Nicosia celebrate the Czech Republic’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, presenting a concert with the most beautiful orchestral, operatic and choral music by the great Czech composers Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák.
The CySO is delighted to be joined in these concerts by the Prague Mixed Choir, the ARIS Choir of Limassol, as well as the brilliant Cypriot singers Mariza Anastasiades – soprano and Markos Kleovoulou – baritone.
Under the baton of CySO Conductor Günter Neuhold, the audience will enjoy romantic masterpieces by Smetana and Dvořák, such as the symphonic poem The Moldau, selected Slavonic dances, highlights from the opera Rusalka and the comic opera The Bartered Bride, as well as Dvořák’s Te Deum.

Bedřich Smetana: The Moldau
Antonín Dvořák: “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Song to the moon) from the opera Rusalka
Slavonic dance, op. 46/8 in G minor (Furiant)
Slavonic dance, op. 72/2 (10) in E minor (Dumka)
Slavonic dance, op 46/1 in C major (Furiant)
Bedřich Smetana: from the opera The Bartered Bride:
“Proč bychom se netěšili” (Let us rejoice, let’s be merry)
“Věrné milování” (Faithful love)
“Och jaký žal!” (Alone at last)
Antonín Dvořák: Te Deum, op. 103

Mariza Anastasiades soprano
Markos Kleovoulou baritone
Prague Mixed Choir choirmaster: Jiří Petrdlík
ARIS Choir of Limassol choirmaster: Solon Kladas
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
Günter Neuhold

In collaboration with and under the auspices of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Nicosia