PROGRAMME OF FESTIVAL 2006
May 11th Thu, 20:00 Municipial House
1st Opening concert
A repeat of the opening concert performed at the very first Prague Spring Festival in 1946
CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Zdeněk Mácal - conductor
J. B. Foerster: Ceremonial Overture in C major, Op. 70
Otakar Ostrčil: Stations of the Cross, Op. 24
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
May 12th Fri, 20:00 Municipial House
2nd Opening concert
PRAGUE RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ondřej Kukal - conductor
Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast (My Country)
May 13th Sat, 11:00,
Prague Academy of Music
Vilém Veverka - oboe
Daniel Wiesner - piano
Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations
Henry Dutilleux: Oboe Sonata
Nicolo Castiglioni: Alef
Luciano Berio: Six Encores (selection)
Pavel Haas: Oboe Suite, Op. 17
May 13th Sat, 19:00, National Theatre
MOZART? MOZART!
Jiří Kylián, Petr Zuska - choreography
Oliver Dohnányi - conductor
National Theatre Ballet Company
National Theatre Orchestra
May 13th Sat, 20:00, Municipal House
WIENER PHILHARMONIKER
Zubin Mehta - conductor
Ildikó Raimondi - mezzo-soprano
W. A. Mozart: Symphony in D major, KV 504 “Prague”
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4
May 14th Sun, 15:00 (Part 1), 20:00 (Part 2), Rudolfinum
Prague Spring International Music Competition 2006 - final round, cello category
PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Charles Olivieri-Munroe - conductor
Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Finalists will choose from the following concertos:
Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb/2
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Bohuslav Martinů: Cello Concerto No. 1
May 14th Sun, 19:00, State Opera Prague
GIUSEPPE VERDI: I VESPRI SICILIANI
Hillary Griffiths - conductor
Karel Kříž - director
Jaroslav Malina - stage design
Kristina Matre-Křížová - costume design
soloists TBA
Prague State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
May 15th Mon, 16:30 (Part 1), 20:00 (Part 2) Municipal House
Prague Spring International Music Competition 2006 - final round, organ category
Finalists will choose works by the following composers:
César Franck, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Ferenc Liszt, Julius Reubke, Max Reger, J. G. Rheinberger, A. G. Ritter, Alexandre Guilmant, Ch. M. Widor, Louis Vierne, Marcel Dupré, Olivier Messiaen, Jehan Alain
May 16th Tue, 10:30, Rudolfinum
Tomáš Víšek - piano
Robert Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82
Clara Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Op. 21
Jaroslav Ježek: Grande valse brillante
Petite Suite
Etude
May 17th Wed, 20:00, Rudolfinum
Bernarda Fink - mezzo-soprano
Anthony Spiri - piano
Antonín Dvořák: Love Songs, Op. 83
In the National Tone, Op. 73
Lucian Marija Škerjanc: Beli oblaki; Vizija
Josip Ipavec: Ciganka
Alojuzij Geržinič: Mrak
Josip Pavčič: Uspavanka; Ciciban
Carlos Guastavino: Encantamiento; Campanilla; Pampamapa
Carlos Lopez Buchardo: Si lo hallas; Canción del Perico;
Prendiditos de la mano
May 18th Thu, 20:00, Rudolfinum
CAPPELLA ISTROPOLITANA
Rolf Beck - conductor
Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker
Soloists TBA
W. A. Mozart: Thamos, König in Ägypten, KV 345
W. A. Mozart: Davidde penitente, KV 469
May 18th Thu, 20:00, CNB Hall
MOYZES QUARTET
W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in G major, KV 387
Alexander Moyzes: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 84
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73
May 19th Fri, 20:00, Municipal House
CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Zdeněk Mácal - conductor
Eva Urbanová, Dagmar Pecková, Jon Villars, Aleš Briscein, Bernd Weikl - soloists
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Kühn Mixed Choir (male voices)
Jan Rozehnal - chorusmaster
Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder
May 19th Fri, 20:00, St Anne’s church
HORTUS MUSICUS
Kyrie from Mass de Tournai
Arvo Pärt: An den Wassern zu Babel
Deus miserere
Miserere mei, Deus
Deo confitemini - Domini
Arvo Pärt: Psalom
Sanctus and Benedictus
Avun
Hajr Surb
Hor zham
Qui amat animam suam
Arvo Pärt: Pari intervallo
May 20th Sat, 11:00,
Prague Academy of Music
Alžběta Poláčková - soprano
Katarína Bachmanová - piano
Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský: selection of songs
Ferenc Liszt: Freudvoll und leidvoll; Oh, quand je dors; Kling’ leise, mein Lied
Klement Slavický: Clear Skies above Strážnice
W. A. Mozart: concert aria TBA
G. Verdi: “Mi parea...” (Othello; Desdemona’s aria)
Bedřich Smetana: “Kdybych se co takového...” (The Bartered Bride; Mařenka’s aria)
Jules Massenet: Chimene’s aria (Le Cid)
Antonín Dvořák: “Měsíčku na nebi...” (Rusalka; Rusalka’s aria)
May 20th Sat, 19:00, Estates Theatre
W. A. MOZART: DON GIOVANNI (premiere)
Jiří Kout - conductor
Jiří Nekvasil - director
Soloists TBA
National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
May 20th Sat, 20:00, Municipal House
RUSSIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Mikhail Pletnev - conductor
Mikhail Simonyan - violin
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
M. P. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
May 20th Sat, 20:00, Rudolfinum
ST PETERSBURG CHAMBER SOLOISTS
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Alfred Schnittke: Piano Quintet, Op. 108
May 21st Sun, 14:00, Terezín, Municipal riding school
MURRY SIDLIN: DEFIANT REQUIEM (Verdi at Terezin)
Concert drama - an authentic testimony of those who passed through the Terezín ghetto, featuring Verdi's Requiem as a
tributeto the legendary performance by Rafael Schächter.
Murry Sidlin - conductor
Sharon Christman, Eleni Matos, Steven Tharp, Gary Relyea - soloists
Gary Sloan, John Lescault - narrators
Chorus and Orchestra of The Catholic University of America, Virtuosi Pragenses
The Washington Chorus, Robert Shafer - chorusmaster
free entry
May 21st Sun, 15:00, Bertramka
Sayuri Okumura - soprano
Tereza Kružliaková - mezzo-soprano
Takuji Fujita - tenor
Daniel Čapkovič - baritone
Marcel Štefko - piano
W. A. Mozart: selection of operatic arias and duets
Cosi fan tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail,Le nozze di Figaro,
The Magic Flute,Don Giovanni, La clemenza di Tito
May 21st Sun, 19:00, Estates Theatre
W. A. MOZART: DON GIOVANNI
Jiří Kout - conductor
Jiří Nekvasil - director
Soloists TBA
National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
May 21st Sun, 21:00, Lucerna Music Bar
PETER LIPA & BAND
May 22nd Mon, 19:00, National Theatre
BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ: THE GREEK PASSION
Jiří Bělohlávek - conductor
Jiří Nekvasil - director
Tomáš Černý, Maida Hundeling, Jan Vacík and others - soloists
National Theatre Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
May 22nd Mon, 19:00, Mercedes Forum Praha
BRATISLAVA HOT SERENADERS
Juraj Bartoš - artistic director
Serenaders Sisters
Milan Lasica - special guest
May 22nd Mon, 20:00, Mirror Chapel - Klementinum
Mary Farbood - harpsichord
Domenico Scarlatti: Sonatas (selection)
Viktor Kalabis: Preludio, aria and toccata, Op. 75
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Sebastian Bach
May 22nd Mon, 20:00, CNB Hall
STAMIC QUARTET
Vlastimil Mareš - clarinet
Franz Schubert: Quartet Movement in C minor, D 103
W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 14 in F sharp major, Op. 142
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