Smetanova Litomyšl - Hommage à Jazz

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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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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Neděle 2. července, 17.30 hodin, Zámecké nádvoří

Na programu:

Scott Joplin: Ragtime

Jazzová suita
Bohuslav Martinů: Le Jazz – věta pro orchestr a zpěv H. 168
Dmitrij Šostakovič: Tea for Two
George Gershwin: I got Rhythm

Arturo Sandoval: Koncert pro trubku a orchestr č. 2

Karel Růžička: Celebration Jazz Mass, verze se symfonickým orchestrem

Účinkují:

Arturo Sandoval – trubka (desetinásobný vítěz cen GRAMMY)
Michaela Šrůmová – soprán
Kühnův smíšený sbor, sbormistr Marek Vorlíček
Smíšený pěvecký sbor KOS Pedagogické školy Litomyšl, sbormistr Milan Motl
Komorní sólisté Karla Růžičky
Symfonický orchestr Hl. města Prahy FOK
Dirigent Jan Kučera