Smetanova Litomyšl, o.p.s.

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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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A Tribute to the Slavonic Soul

Sunday 25th June, 15.00 hrs, Piarist Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross

Religious works by Slavonic composers – from masters of vocal polyphony, baroque up to these days, as performed by a Slovenian vocal sextet

The programme includes:
Jacobus Handl Gallus, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Stepan Anikiyevich Degtyarev, Antonín Dvořák, Stevan Mokranjac, Pavel Česnokov, Romuald Twardowski, Damijan Močnik, Blaž Strmole

Ingenium Ensemble
Zala Strmole – soprán
Mirjam Strmole – mezzosoprán
Blaž Strmole, Domen Anžlovar – tenor
Matjaž Strmole – baryton
Jan Kuhar – bas

C 90 CZK • B 190 CZK • A 290 CZK

Number of intermissions: 0
Estimated end: 16.20 hrs