Jubilee Gala Concert: RECORD AND PHOTOGALLERY
Welcome to the website dedicated to the celebratory concert organized on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana.
We would like to invite you to a concert on the anniversary of March 2, 2024 in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House in Prague!
Jubilee Gala Concert
200 years of Bedřich Smetana
March 2, 2024 19:30
Smetana Hall of the Municipal House in Prague
In the completely filled Smetana Hall, Česká píseň (The Czech Song) was symbolically and gloriously sung at the end. All performing choirs sing together, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Jan Steyer.
Program:
The celebratory concert on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana will be the culmination of the Year of Czech Music, and we would like to conceive it as the composer himself would have wished. In other words, as a celebration of Czech music and Czech song, which flows sweetly from the mouths of a lively people, extraordinary attention will be paid to the author's choral work. That's why we invited singers from all over the country to make the concert a nationwide event in the best sense of the word. You can look forward to more than three hundred performers, and completely unique men's choirs will also be heard. Their performing was the innermost manifestation of Czechness during the National Revival, we believe that we will succeed in bringing them to their full potential. We will try to select the ones that best characterize Bedřich Smetana from his extensive work. You will hear chamber and orchestral, piano and vocal works, and maybe even an opera. Come along too and let's create an exceptional atmosphere of this exceptional cultural event together.
Information, useful links and news:
Where can I get tickets? You can purchase tickets at the link bellow:
https://goout.net/cs/listky/bedrich-smetana-200-let-jubilejni-slavnostni-koncert/yfov/
How do you get to us? The address is Obecní dům (Municipal House), náměstí Republiky 1090 / 5, 111 21 Praha 1. The nearest urban stop is Náměstí republiky (tram number 6, 8, 15, 26 or subway B).
What will the concert be like? Its first half will be devoted primarily to Smetana's choral work, the second half to his symphonic work. Both parts will last approximately fifty minutes and will be separated by a twenty minute intermission. The total duration of the concert should not exceed two hours.
What should I take with me? Above all, don't forget to be in a good mood so that we can enjoy the festival of music together!
Performers:
Pražský pěvecký sbor Smetana
(male choir from Prague)
mužský pěvecký sbor Láska opravdivá
(male choir from Brno)
Pěvecké sdružení moravských učitelů
(male choir from Brno)
Mužský pěvecký sbor B. Martinů města Poličky
Akademické sdružení Moravan
Pueri Gaudentes
(male choir from Polička)
Pěvecký sbor ČVUT
(mixed choir from Prague)
Silentium
(mixed chamber choir from Prague)
(male choir from Brno)
(male choir from Prague)
Dětský pěvecký sbor Radost Praha
(children's choir from Prague)
Pueri gaudentes
(boy's choir from Prague)
choirmasters:
Josef Popelka
Libor Sládek
Jiří Šimáček
Jan Pirner
Jan Špaček
Oldřich Růžička
Ondřej Múčka
Vokalion Praha
(girl's chamber choir from Prague)
Jaroslav Svěcený
Jan Steyer
Lucie Karlová
Karlovarský symfonický orchestr