Václav Neumann

Antonín Dvořák: Slovanské tance op.46, op.72

A. Dvořák: Koncert pro housle a orchestr a moll, op. 53

Documentary short about the title composer, born in what was called "Czechoslovakia" when the film was made.

L. van Beethoven Symfonie d moll

Josef Suk: Fantasie g moll op. 24

Study of the work of the conductor Václav Neumann and his creative process with the orchestra.

Technical school student Pavel Brychta, arrives at a youth correctional facility located within a chateau in Konečno. He is an atypical, but not hopeless case for the institution. Pavel comes from a well-off family and his antisocial behaviour on the verge of criminality was some kind of response to his difficult relationship with his authoritative father. However, it takes quite some effort for Pavel to find his place in this environment of bullying, and also diverse methods from the tutors

Václav Neumann leads the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Prague Philharmonic Choir, with soloists Gabriela Be?a?ková, Anne Gjevang, Günther Neumann, and Arthur Korn. This historic concert of December 14, 1989, given in support of the “Velvet Revolution” in Czechoslovakia, was attended by many prominent personalities, including Václav Havel, just weeks before he became the President of Czechoslovakia (later, the Czech Republic).