Master Cycle 2025/2026

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Pascal Rophé, chief conductor

 

Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m.

01

Thursday, October 9, 2025

SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Pascal Rophé, conductor

Monika Leskovar, cello

Igor Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

02

Thursday, November 13, 2025

IVO MALEC: VOICE OF TIME

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Pascal Rophé, conductor

Jonathan Fournel, piano 

Claude Debussy: Prélude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Ivo Malec: Sonoris causa 

Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

03

Thursday, November 20, 2025

INTERPRETATIONS OF THE UNFINISHED

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann, conductor

Carolin Widmann, violin

Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished, D. 759

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Luciano Berio: Rendering 

04

Thursday, December 11, 2025

AMERICAN STORY

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Paul Daniel, conductor

Tedi Papavrami, violin

Samuel Barber: Essay for Orchestra

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto

Charles Ives: Central Park in the Dark

Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

05

Thursday, February 5, 2026

NORDIC DREAMS

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Pascal Rophé, conductor

Vadym Kholodenko, piano 

Dubravko Detoni: Nine Scenes from Daniel’s Dream

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

06

Thursday, February 19, 2026

GERMAN GENIUS

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Aleksandar Kalajdžić, conductor

Matthias Höfs, trumpet

Sara Jakopović: Tesseract for symphony orchestra (first performance)

Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

07

Thursday, March 5, 2026

SAX'S LEGACY

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Barbara Dragan, conductor

Nikola Fabijanić, saxophone

Guillaume Lekeu: Adagio for String Trio and String Orchestra

Paul Creston: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 26

César Franck: Symphony in D minor

08

Thursday, March 19, 2026

TOUCH OF WORLDS

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

György Györiványi Ráth, conductor

Valentina Fijačko Kobić, soprano

Béla Bartók: Dance Suite, Sz. 77

Božidar Kunc: On the Nile, Ballad for Soprano and Orchestra

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World

09

Thursday, April 9, 2026

VIRTUAL BRILLIANCE

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Pascal Rophé, conductor

Ivan Krpan, piano 

Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Rock, Symphonic Poem, Op. 7

Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Krešimir Baranović: Concert Overture

Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta

10

Thursday, April 23, 2026

SPANISH RHAPSODY

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Aleksandar Marković, conductor

Luis Fernando Pèrez, piano 

Mikhail Glinka: Memory of a Summer Night in Madrid

Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, for Piano and Orchestra

Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole 

Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), Suites Nos. 1 & 2

11

Thursday, May 21, 2025

SYMPHONY FANTASIES

Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra

Pascal Rophé, conductor

Roman Simović, violin

Ivan Josip Skender: (new work)

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1

Richard Strauss: Aus Italien (From Italy), Symphonic Fantasy

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