When planning this portion of our trip, I learned early on that Prague hosts a music festival celebrating Antonin Dvorák every September. Two weeks of concerts throughout the city, with an assortment of performing groups, soloists, and guest conductors.
We thought: “Wouldn’t it be cool to hear Dvorák performed in Prague?” We looked at the schedule of events and saw that the only concert we could reasonably attend during our time here was the closing concert: the Czech Philharmonic with a guest conductor, a violin soloist, a program of Martinu, Prokofiev, Dvorák, and Stravinsky…a black tie event.
For months we said “Nah…too much work to pull it off”…”We’re already bringing all the lederhosen and dirndls…”.
About a month before the trip I looked at the ticket availability and saw just a few tickets left…including one set of four tickets that weren’t obstructed by a marble pillar. I asked our group again: “Could we possibly pull this off?” The group agreed and we made it happen!
The concert was magnificent! The acoustics and ambiance in the Rudolfinum are amazing!
(It turned out maybe 3/4 of the guests were in black tie…they will not turn you away based on what you wear. Just the same, we’re happy we blended in.)
