Czech Philharmonic: Velvet Revolution 2023

Celebrating democracy, freedom and non-violence, the Czech Philharmonic’s concert to mark the Velvet Revolution took place for the first time in 2020.
Every year on 17 November – both the day the then Czechoslovak riot police brutally supressed a peaceful student demonstration in Prague and International Students’ Day - the initiative also pays tribute to the Czech Philharmonic’s support of the general strike of 1989.
In 2023 Sir Antonio Pappano and Janine Jansen perform with the Czech Philharmonic. The concerts are intended to remind us of our civilisation’s democratic values and to present a programme that supports those ideals. For this occasion, they have chosen Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto as well as music from Dvořák and Brahms.