Smetana’s Litomyšl
National festival | 10. 6. - 6. 7. 2021
10th June - 6th July 2021
Program announcement
May 17 2021
Presale launch
May 26 2021
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Bedřich Smetana was a significant composer in the romantic period. From his early youth he concerned himself with music, especially playing the piano and composition.
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The grand festival of classical music Smetana’s Litomyšl has been held since 1946 in the home town of the founder of Czech national music Bedřich Smetana, the old-fashioned east Bohemian town of Litomyšl.

Litomyšl can boast of both ancient and modern architecture, a rich social life but at the same time plenty of peace and quiet.

The Smetana’s Litomyšl festival is the second oldest music festival in the Czech Republic, and at the same time it is among the largest regular classical music festivals held in the country.
Sunday 1 July • 21.30 hrs • Chapter Church of te Raising of the Holy Cross
Arias and songs by Baroque masters:
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto grosso G dur, op. 3, č. 3, HWV 314
Aria for soprano, two violins and basso continuo „Gloria in Excelsis Deo", HWV 245
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria No. 3 from Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 „Quia respexit..."
Johann Sebastian Bach: Hudební květina, BWV 1079
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria No. 9 from the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die
muntre Jagd, BWV 208 „Schaffe können sicher weiden..."
Antonio Vivaldi: Psalm Laudate Pueri, RV 600 „Gloria..."
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for two flutes and orchestra, RV 533
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria No. 1 from the cantata Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt,
BWV 151 „Süßer Trost..."
Tarquinio Merula: Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna „Hor ch´è tempo di dormire..."
Georg Friedrich Händel: Aria No. 61 from the oratorio Joshua, HWV 64 „Oh, had I Jubal's Lyre..."
Simona Šaturová - soprano
Collegium Marianum, artistic leader Jana Semerádová
250 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK
Expected end at 10.45 pm, no intermission