63. National Festival Smetana's Litomyšl

10th June - 6th July 2021

Program announcement

May 17 2021

Presale launch

May 26 2021

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Smetanova Litomyšl, o.p.s.

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Smetana's Creative Litomyšl

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Litomyšl Native Bedřich Smetana

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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History of the Festival

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.

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Litomyšl – A Modern Historical Town

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

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Smetana’s Litomyšl Festival

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.

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GRAND FINALE

Sunday 6^th July, 20.30, 2^nd Castle Courtyard

Lukáš Hurník: ON THE WAY FROM LITOMYŠL
Bedřich Smetana: VLTAVA
František Antonín Růžička: CONCERTO FOR TWO FRENCH HORNS AND ORCHESTRA in E flat major
Antonín Dvořák: ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, op. 11
Bohuslav Martinů: THUNDERBOLT P-47
Antonín Dvořák: Symfony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95 "FROM THE NEW WORLD"

Premiére of a composition commisioned by the Smetana's Litomyšl International Opera Festival, inspired by an eponymous motif by Bedřich Smetana recorded on his way from Litomyšl in 1867

Kateřina Javůrková, Radek Baborák - French horns
Dalibor Karvay - violin
Orchestra in residence of the Smetana's Litomyšl Festival Czech Sinfonietta
Conductor: Radek Baborák

Estimated end: 22.45 hrs
Number of intermissions: 1

Year of Czech Music

The concert will be broadcasted and available for viewing at Monastery Gardens as part of the Day with Saint Gobain Adfors

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