After a successful tour to Prague the previous year, Ondřej Soukup is invited back to conduct EUMS tour orchestra and chorus. This year’s destination is the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The first concert will take place is Portree, while the second at the Gaelic College. The orchestra programme includes Beethoven’s Coriolan overture, Rossini’s Barber of Seville overture, Fauré’s Pavane, and Berlioz’s Hungarian March, and March to the Scaffold. The choir will perform Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse Devo, Mendelssohn’s Baal we cry to thee, Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, Stanford’s Blue Bird, Rutter’s For the Beauty of the Earth, Wagner’s Bridal March, and Vivaldi’s Gloria.
Ondřej Soukup is an exciting young conductor specialising in Czech & Eastern European music. His repertoire counts 250+ works by men and women. Recently, he made music with BBC SSO, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic and others. In the 2023/2024 season, Ondřej conducts the Copenhagen Phil, The Danish Sinfonietta, Helsingborg Symphony, Ålborg Symphony, and Magna Sinfonia among others.