FINAL CONCERT - THE BIGGEST SYMPHONIC TRIVIA

Sunday 8 July, 18.00 hrs, 2nd Castle Courtyard
 

Farewell to the 54thSmetana's Litomyšl 2012 will be a great solo show
for the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Libor Pešek that will feature a selection of the most popular melodies of classical music. The festival finale will be dedicated to is an excellent performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Festive Overture, traditionally accompanied by synchronized gunfire

Edward Elgar: March No. 1 in D major from cycle Pomp and circumstance
military marches, Op. 39
Edvard Grieg: Solveig's Song (Act III), In the Hall of the Mountain King (Act II)
from Peer Gynt, incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play
Josef Suk: Song of Love form cycle Six piano pieces, Op. 7, No. 1 (orchestration: Václav Smetáček)
Vilém Blodek: Moonrise, intermezzo from the opera In the Well
Albert William Ketélbey: In a Persian market, intermezzo
Zdeněk Fibich: Poem from idyll At Twilight, Op. 39
Aram Chačaturjan: The Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane
Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from the ballet Rodeo
Leonard Bernstein: Candide, Ouverture
Antonín Dvořák: Humoreska in G flat major, Op. 101, No. 7 (orchestration: Václav Smetáček)
Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra
NIkolaj Rimskij-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Bedřich Smetana: Skočná from the opera The Bartered Bride
Petr iljič Čajkovskij: The Year 1812, Festive Ouverture Op. 49

Society of Artillery Fans in Jihlava
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra  conductor Libor Pešek
Members of the Central Band of the Armed Force of the Czech Republic
band commander pplk. Jaroslav Šíp

The concert is broadcast live by Czech Radio

A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at 8.00 pm, 1 intermission

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