70th - annual PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 12 / 5 – 3 / 6/ 2015 Tue 12 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall NDR SINFONIEORCHESTER HAMBURG Opening Concert Thomas Hengelbrock – conductor Bedřich Smetana My Country Partner of the concert CZK 3900/2900/2200/1500/E950/ST500 Tickets online ___________________________________________________________________________ Wed 13 May 4 pm (Part 1) 8 pm (Part 2) Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION final round, FLUTE category Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra Jan Talich – conductor Frank Martin Ballade for Flute, Piano and Strings The finalists will also choose one of the following concertos: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Concerto in D minor for Flute, Strings and Basso Continuo Wq 22 (H 425) Johann Joachim Quantz Concerto in G major for Flute and Strings QV 5:174 Carl Stamitz Concerto in G major for Flute and Orchestra Op. 29 CZK 250/200/150 one part Get a 20% discount with the purchase of tickets to both parts*** Tickets on-line 4 pm (Part 1) Tickets on-line 8 pm (Part 2) 1 ___________________________________________________________________________ Wed 13 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall NDR SINFONIEORCHESTER HAMBURG Thomas Hengelbrock – conductor Bedřich Smetana My Country CZK 2500/2000/1500/1050/E800/ST400 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Thu 14 May 4 pm (Part 1) 8 pm (Part 2) Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION final round, CLARINET category PKF - Prague Philharmonia Jan Jakub Bokun – conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622 Aaron Copland Concerto for Clarinet, Harp, Piano and Strings CZK 250/200/150 one part Get a 20% discount with the purchase of tickets to both parts*** Tickets on-line 4 pm (Part 1) Tickets on-line 8 pm (Part 2) ___________________________________________________________________________ Sat 16 May 11 am Prague Academy of Music – Martinů Hall MORNING CONCERT I Kristina Fialová – viola Monika Knoblochová – harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in G major BWV 1027 Zdeněk Lukáš Meditation for Viola and Harpsichord 2 Krzysztof Penderecki Cadenza for viola solo Jiří Teml Meditation and Delights CZK 250 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Sat 16 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC Yuri Temirkanov – conductor Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 60 “Leningrad” CZK 1900/1500/1200/900/E600/ST350 Partner of the concert Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Sun 17 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC Yuri Temirkanov – conductor Julian Rachlin – violin Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 77 Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47 CZK 1900/1500/1200/900/E600/ST350 Premium CZK 3400 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ 3 Sun 17 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN Masaaki Suzuki – conductor Hana Blažíková – soprano Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, Strings and Basso Continuo BWV 1043 Cantata „Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut“ BWV 199 Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo BWV 1060R Cantata „Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“ BWV 51 CZK 1200/950/750/E500/SL350/ST250 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Mon 18 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall DAGMAR PECKOVÁ & ŠTEFAN MARGITA PKF - Prague Philharmonia Stanislav Vavřínek – conductor Dagmar Pecková – mezzo-soprano Štefan Margita – tenor Overtures, arias and duets from the following operas: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin The Maid of Orleans Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan Leoš Janáček Jenůfa Richard Wagner Die Walküre Jules Massenet Thaïs, Hérodiade Francesco Cilea L’Arlesiana Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana Partner of the concert CZK 1100/900/700/E450/SL300/ST200 Premium CZK 2600 Tickets on-line 4 ___________________________________________________________________________ Mon 18 May 8 pm National Technical Museum JAN MATOUŠEK SWING BAND Swing from the 1930s in an original arrangement played on period musical instruments and with period technology exhibits close at hand In association with the National Technical Museum CZK 350 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Tue 19 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall SA CHEN piano César Franck Prélude, choral et fugue Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque Fryderyk Chopin Mazurkas Op. 56/2, 30/4 and 63/3 Robert Schumann Carnaval Op. 9 CZK 500/400/300/E200/SL150/ST80 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Tue 19 May 8 pm Church of St Simon and St Jude PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR Lukáš Vasilek – chorusmaster other performers to be announced John Tavener Svyati for mixed choir and cello 5 Jan Hanuš The Message Op. 66. Vocal triptych for mixed choir, baritone solo, two pianos, electric guitar, percussion and magnetic tape on texts from the Holy Scriptures and by Kamil Bednář, in memory of Jan Palach Veljo Tormis Livonian Heritage for solos and mixed choir (Czech premiere) Eric Whitacre Cloudburst for mixed choir, percussion and piano (Czech premiere) CZK 350/200 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Wed 20 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN Georg Kallweit – concert master Marin Marais Tempête from Alcyone Michel-Richard Delalande Suite from Les Fontaines de Versailles Georg Philipp Telemann Overture in C major TWV 55:C3 Georg Friedrich Händel Water Music HWV 348–350 CZK 1200/950/750/E500/SL350/ST250 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Wed 20 May 8 pm Church of St Simon and St Jude Kateřina Kněžíková – soprano David Švec – piano Antonín Dvořák Love Songs Op. 83 Furiant No. 2 in F major Op. 42 for piano solo Richard Strauss selection of songs Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 6 Franz Liszt Consolation No. 3 in D flat major for piano solo S 172 Tre Sonetti di Petrarca CZK 400/250 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Thu 21 May 7 pm Mercedes Forum Prague LIBOR ŠMOLDAS QUARTET Libor Šmoldas – guitar Petr Beneš – piano Josef Fečo – double-bass Tomáš Hobzek – percussion An evening of Libor Šmoldas, author of the Jazz Composition of the Year 2014 Partner of the concert CZK 400 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Thu 21 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Pietari Inkinen – conductor The Inaugural Concert Jan Hanuš A Relay Race Op. 63 Einojuhani Rautavaara Apotheosis from Symphony No. 6 “Vincentiana” (Czech premiere) Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor CZK 700/550/450/350/E250/ST150 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ 7 Fri 22 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall CZECH PHILHARMONIC Concert of the Friends of Prague Spring Jiří Bělohlávek – conductor Elisabeth Kulman – alto Prague Philharmonic Choir (female voices) Lukáš Vasilek – chorusmaster The Kühn Children’s Choir Jiří Chvála – chorusmaster Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor CZK 900/700/550/450/E**/ST150 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Sat 23 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall ADAM PLACHETKA PRESENTS YOUNG SINGERS Tribute to Jarmila Novotná Michaela Kušteková – soprano Simona Mrázová – mezzo-soprano Petr Nekoranec – tenor Roman Hoza – baritone Adam Plachetka – bass-baritone Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Tomáš Brauner – conductor Arias and ensembles from the following operas: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Così fan tutte, Idomeneo, Don Giovanni Domenico Cimarosa Il matrimonio segreto Gaetano Donizetti La fille du régiment, Don Pasquale, L’elisir d’amore Gioacchino Rossini Tancredi, Il barbiere di Siviglia Vincenzo Bellini I puritani In association with The Association of Chateau Liteň 8 CZK 900/700/550/E400/SL250/ST150 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Sun 24 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall ORCHESTER WIENER AKADEMIE Martin Haselböck – conductor Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Franz Schubert Symphony in C major D 944 “Great” Partner of the concert CZK 1200/950/750/E500/SL350/ST250 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Mon 25 May 8 pm Archa Theatre ORCHESTER BERG Peter Vrábel – conductor Heiner Goebbels – concept, stage direction Petr Wajsar Limekiln Sinfonietta (world premiere commissioned by Prague Spring) Heiner Goebbels Songs of Wars I Have Seen. Staged concert with words by Gertrude Stein The work is being rehearsed and performed with the composer’s participation CZK 450/ST100 Tickets on-line ___________________________________________________________________________ Tue 26 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall CELLULOID MUSIC Prague Symphony Orchestra Marko Ivanović – conductor 9 Dmitri Shostakovich Hamlet (suite of music for the film by Grigori Kozintsev) Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood (suite of music for the film by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley) Jiří Šust Film music selections