Prague Spring

The Prague Spring Music Festival 1996

From May 12th, 1996 till June 2nd, 1996, in
Prague will be held The 51st International Music Festival Prague Spring.

The programme will cover wide range of classic music, from orchestral to modern music.

You can send your orders of tickets (prices from Kc 60,- up to Kc 600,- for concert, see rates of CZK) to:
MHF Prazske jaro
predprodej
Hellichova 18
118 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Europe

till March 15th, 1996. Orders received after will not be accepted. But if you will not receive the acceptance of order till April 12th, tickets were sold out. Postage is Kc 50,- per order.

Unsold tickets will be offered from April 22nd, 1996 or an hour before concert.

The basic information is avaiable on phone number + 42 2 530293. You can fax to secretary office +42 2 536040.


Orchestral Cycles

Symphony Orchestras

DayProgrammeWhere
Sun May 12th, 20:00London Classical Players, cond. by Roger Norrington : Bedrich Smetana: Ma vlastRudolfinum
Mon May 13th, 20:00
Thu May 16th, 20:00Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Dzun Ichi Hirokami : Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 C dur, Op. 21; Dmitri Schostakovitch: Symphony No. 5 d moll, Op. 47
Tue May 21st, 20:00Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Libor Pesek, Raphael Oleg - violin : Edward Elgar: Cockaigne, Op. 40; William Walton: Concert for violin and orchestra; Antonin Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 66 (B 131)
Fri May 24th, 17:00In Cycle "European Cathedral Concerts" Janacek Philharmony Orchestra Ostrava, cond. Petr Vronsky, Kuhn Choir, cond. Pavel Kuhn, with Eva Drizgova, Eva Sporerova, Valery Popov, Vladimir Chmelo : Jules Massenet: Marie-Magdaleine (oratorium) St. Vitus Cathedral
Sat May 25th, 16:00
Sun May 26th, 20:00In co-operation with Budapest Spring Festival Budapest Festival Orchestra, cond. Zoltan Kocsis, Oleg Maisenberg - piano : Johannes Brahms: Concert for Piano and orchestra No. 1 d moll, Op. 15; Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Une berque sur l'ocean, BoleroRudolfinum
Tue May 28th, 20:00Prague Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gaetano Delou, Christian Tetzlaff - violin : Alban Berg: Concert for violin and orchestra; Frantz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 C dur, D 944 "Great"
Thu May 30th, 20:00Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Zdenek Macal, Alexander Korsantiya - piano : Ludwig van Beethoven: Concert for piano and orchestra No. 5 Es dur, Op. 75; Hector Berlioz: Fantastic Symphony, Op. 14
Sat June 1st, 20:00BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Andrew Davis, Evelyn Glennie - drums : Arnold Bax: Tintagel; James MacMillan: Veni veni Emanuel; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 e moll, Op. 98
Sun June 2nd, 20:00BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andrew Davis, Joan Rodges, Sarah Walker, Thomas Randle, Prague Philharmonic Choir, cond. Pavel Kuhn : Olivier Messiaen: Chonochromie; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 d moll, Op. 125

Music of the 20th Century

DayProgrammeWhere
Wed May 15th, 20:00Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. by Dzun Ichi Hirokami, Reiko Watanabe - violin, Akemi Sakamoto - mezzosopran : Takashi Joshimacu: The Age of Birds; Eduard Lalo: Spain Symphony for violin and orchestra, Op. 21; Manuel de Falla: Threecorner Hat (Ballet Suite)Rudolfinum
Sun May 19th, 20:00A Tribute to 3000 Years to Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra of Cesky rozhlas, cond. by Vladimir Valek, Prague Philharmonic Choir, cond. Pavel Kuhn, Michael Thompson - horn : Richard Strauss: Concert for horn and orchestra No. 2 Es dur; Mordecai Seter: Symphony "Jerusalem"; Dmitry Schostakovitc: Symphony No. 1 f moll, Op. 10
Mon May 20th, 20:00Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. by Yan Pascal Tortelier, Dagmar Peckova - mezzosopran : Sergei Prokophyev: Romeo and Julie (Ballet Suite); Miloslav Kabelac: Eufemias Mysterion; Leos Janacek: Sinfonietta
Wed May 22nd, 20:00Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. by Libor Pesek, Susan Bullock, Sarah Jane Morris - vocal, Steven Osbourne - piano : Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 G dur; Leos Janacek: Capriccio; Kurt Weill: Songs from operas
Fri May 24th, 20:00State Philharmonic Orchestra Brno, cond. by Leos Svarovsky, Czech Philharmonic Choir, cond. by Petr Fiala, Zofia Kilanowicz, Anna Barova, Ryszard Minkowski, Richard Novak : Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony No. 3; Leos Janacek: Glagol Mess
Wed May 29th, 20:00Prague Chamber Choir, Bambini di Praga, cond. by Bohumil Kulinsky; Yvonne Loriod - piano, Jeanne Loriod - Martenot's Waves : Olivier Messiaen: Three Little Liturgies; Leonard Bernstein: Missa brevis for choir and drums; Petr Eben: Saint Signs

Chamber Concerts

DayProgrammeWhere
Tue May 14th, 20:00Prague Chamber Orchestra, cond. by Bohdan Warchal, Dagmar Peckova - mezzosopran : Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 g moll, KV 183, Three Airs from La Clemenza di Tito Opera; Gioacchino Rossini: Airs; Sergey Prokophyev: Symphony No. 1 D dur, Op. 25 "Classic"Rudolfinum
Wed May 15th, 20:00Fretwork, cond. by Andrew Parrot : William Byrd: Fantasia a 6, No. 2 and 3; Johan Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fuga, BWV 1080 (selections); Johannes Ockeghem: Ut heremita solus; John Wilbye: Ne reminiscaris; Arvo Part: Sabat materChurch of St. Simon and Juda
Fri May 17th, 20:00Akademie fur alte music Berlin : Christoph Nichelmann: Ouvertura B dur; Johann Joachim Quartz: Concert e moll "Pour Chaelottenburg"; Johann Phillipp Kirnberger: Symphony D dur; Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouventura No. 1 C dur, BWV 1066; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony Es dur, Wq 183/2Spanelsky sal
Sat May 18th, 20:00Moscow Solists, cond. by Jury Bashmet : Johann Sebastian Bach: Concert No. 6 B dur, BWV 1051; Roman Ledenov: Variations on Bach Theme; Benjamin Britten: Lachrymae, Op. 48; Arnold Schonberg: Night of Light, Op. 4Rudolfinum
Sun May 19th, 20:00Musica Fiata and La Capella Ducale, cond. by Roland Wilson : Michael Praetorius: Polyhymnia Caducaetrix & PanegyricaChurch of St. Simon and Juda
Mon May 20th, 20:00Gabrieli Consort and Gabrieli Players, cond. by Paul McCreesh : Georg Friedrich Handel: Solomon, HWV 67Spanelsky sal
Thu May 23rd, 20:00Suk Chamber Orchestra, Josef Suk - viola : Leos Janacek Suite for orchestra; Bohuslav Martinu:Serenade No. 2; Ilja Hurnik: Concert for viola and orchestra (World Premiere); Antonin Dvorak: Sextet A dur, Op. 48 (B 80)Rudolfinum
Mon May 27th, 20:00Nordwestdeutsche Kammersolisten : Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata No. 4 C dur; Arcangelo Califano: Sonata No 4 A ; Antonio Lotti: "Echo" Sonata No 4 F dur; Johann David Heinchen: Sonata No. 3 B dur; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sonata No. 5 F dur Church of St. Simon and Juda
Fri May 31st, 20:00Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. by Jiri Belohlavek, Pavel Sporcl - violin, Nikolai Luganski - piano : Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy: Herbidy, Concert for violin and orchestra e moll, Op. 64; Dimitri Shostakovich: Concert for piano and orchestra c moll No. 1; Frantz Schubert Symphony No. 5 B dur; D 485Rudolfinum


Chamber Cycles

Classic Music

DayProgrammeWhere
Tue May 14th, 20:00Josef Suk - violin, Jiri Barta - violoncello, Igor Ardashev - piano : Antonin Dvorak: Dumky for piano trio, Op. 90 (B 166); Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio B dur for piano, violin and violoncello, Op. 97Vladislavsky sal
Tue May 16th, 20:00Altenberg Trio : Vitezslav Novak: Trio quasi una ballata d moll, Op. 27; Hans Pfitzner: Trio F dur, Op. 8Church of St. Simon and Juda
Fri May 17th, 20:00Josef Suk - violin, Bruno Giuranna - viola, Christian Benda - violoncello, Josef Hala - piano : Josef Suk: Piano quartet a moll, Op. 1; Hans Krasa: Passacaglia and fuga for trio; Gideon Klein: Trio for violin, viola and violoncello; Antonin Dvorak: Piano quartet Es dur, Op. 87 (b 162)Rudolfinum
Sat May 18th, 20:00MArtin Hrsel, Zdenka Kolarova - piano : Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (from Ma vlast); Frantz Schubert: Fantasy f moll, Op. 133; Ferentz Listz: Preludia, Concerto pathetique; Bohuslav Martinu: Three Czech dancesSpanelsky sal
Sun May 19th, 20:00Jury Bashmet and members of Moscow Solists : Johannes Brahms: Trio, Op. 114, Trio, Op. 40, Quintet, Op. 115
Mon May 20th, 20:00Brindisi Quartet : Leos Janacek: Quartet No. 1; Colin Matthews: Quartet No. 3; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Quartet No. 6 f moll, Op. 80Church of St. Simon and Juda
Tue May 21st, 20:00Quatuor Mosiques : Joseph Haydn: Quartet No. 6 D dur, Op. 33; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Quartet No. 1 Es dur, Op. 12; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet cis moll, Op. 131Spanelsky sal
Wed May 22nd, 17:00Ensemble Zefiro : Frantisek Kramar: Harmony B dur, Op. 78; Jiri Druzecky: Partia G dur "Al Valet"; Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade B dur, KV 361/370aChurch of St. Simon and Juda
Wed May 22nd, 20:00Kubin Quartet : Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Quartet Es dur; Carl Nielsen: Quartet g moll, Op. 13; Leos Janacek: Quartet No. 2 "Secret Letters"Spanelsky sal
Sat May 25th, 20:00Katia and Marielle Labeque - piano : Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata F dur, KV 497, Sonata D dur, KV 123a; Claude Debussy, Maurice RavelRudolfinum
Wed May 29th, 20:00Prague Spring Trio, Ivan Zenaty - violin, Michal Kanka - violoncello, Jaromir Klepac - piano : Bedrich Smetana: Trio g moll, Op. 15; P. I. Tchainkovsky: Trio a moll, Op. 50Spanelsky sal
Tue May 30th, 20:00Melos Quartet : Joseph Haydn: Quartet No. 4, Op. 76; Bela Bartok: Quartet No. 3; Frantz Schubert: Quartet d moll, D 180 "Death and girl"

Music of the Past

DayProgrammeWhere
Tue May 14th, 20:00Sequentia, Benjamin Bagby - vocal, harp, Barbara Thornton - vocal, Elizabeth Gaver : Oracles, Miracles - music of Midleage mysteriesChurch of St. Simon and Juda
Fri May 17th, 17:00Christopher Wilson - lute : Marco Dall Aquilla, Albert de Rippe, ....
Sat May 18th, 20:00Florilegium Musicum : Henry Purcell: Suite from semi-opera Dioclesian; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concert suite a moll; John Blow: Ground from mask of Venus and Adonis; Jean-Marie Leclair: Concerto in C, No. 3, Op. 7; Jean-Phillipe Rameau: Piece de Clavecin en Concert No. 5; Michel Corrette: Concerto Comique No. 5
Tue May 21st, 20:00A sei voci : Josquin Desprez: Messe de beata Virgine and moteta
Thu May 23rd, 20:00Palladian Ensemble : Venice Chamber Music from Castello to Vivaldi
Fri May 24th, 20:00Ensemble Perceval, Katia Care - vocal, Jean-Peirre Dubuquoy, Guy Robert : La Chanson d'Ami, Lady and Music of Midleage
Sat May 25th, 20:00Pro Cantone Antiqua, cond. by Mark Brown : Robert White: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae; Orlando di Lasso: Missa pro Defunctis No. 4; Gilber Banaster, ....
Tue May 28th, 20:00Jakob Lindberg - lute : Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite g moll, BWV 995, Preludium, fuga and alegro Es dur, BWV 998; Silvius Leopold Weiss: Suite B dur
Fri May 31st, 20:00Nigel Rogers - tenor, Paul O'Dette - baroque guitar, Andrew Lawrence-King - baroque harp

Contemporary Music

DayProgrammeWhere
Thu May 16th, 20:00Drums Concert : Safri Duo : Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 2 a moll, BWV 807; Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Fuge f moll; Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso; Steve Reich Clapping Music; Andy Pape: CaDance 4 2; Jacob ter Veldhuis: Goldbrush; Minoru Miki: Marimba Spiritual IISpanelsky sal
Mon May 27th, 20:00Double Edge, Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tiles - piano : Duke Ellinggton: Tonk; Meredith Monk: Phantom Waltz; Steve Reich: Short Piano Duo (European Premiere); Charles Ives: Three Quartet-Tones Pieces; Olivier Massiaen: Visions de l'Amen
Wed May 29th, 20:00Dutch Double-Reed Ensemble : Marta Jirackova: Centre of Gravity of Humanity, Op. 49 (Czech Premiere); Petr Novotny: Notturno, Op. 46 (Czech Premiere); Pavel Zemek: Vox clamantis (Czech Premiere); Ivana Loudova - world premiere of new work; Vktor Kalabis: Podivni pisci, Op. 72 (Czech Premiere); Jos van Amelsvoort: Fantasia 1941 (Czech Premiere); Desiree van Warmerdam - world premiere of new work; Marc G. Apfelstadt: Sinfonie Dubbelriet (Czech Premiere)Church of St. Simon and Juda
Thu May 30th, 20:00A tribute to 1000 years of Austria : Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik : Bruno Strobl: Balancen; Alfred Peschek: Melaphonie; Klaus Ager: Wind um ein Grab; Herbert Grassl: 5 Incontri; Andor Losonczy: Texte

Recitals Cycle

DayProgrammeWhere
Mon May 13th, 17:00Concert of laureates of the 48th Annual International Music Competition of Prague Spring (flute, hoboe, clarinet, fagot)Church of St. Simon and Juda
Mon May 13th, 20:00James Galway - flute, Phillip Moll - piano : : Sonate for piano and flute B dur, WoO. Anh. 4; Frantz Schubert: Variations for flute and piano e moll on song "Trockne Blumen", D 802; Carl Czerny: Duo Concertant for flute and piano, Op. 129; Frantz Doppler: Fantasie pastorale hongroisesVladislavsky sal
Mon May 20th, 17:00Waclaw Seweryn Golonka - organ (laureate of 1994 Competition) : Charles-Marie Widor: Allegro from Symphony f moll No. 5, Op. 42; Petr Eben: Hommage a Henry Purcell; Karl Holler: Partia "O wie selig seid ihr doch", Op. 1; Max Reger: Fanthasy "Wie shon leucht't uns der Morgensten", No. 1, Op. 40; Johannes Brahms: "Herzlich tut mich verlagen", Op. 122, No. 9 and 10; Cesar Franck: Final B dur, Op. 21Bas. of St. Jacob
Mon May 27th, 17:00Wayne Marshall - organ : Olivier Messiaen: Transport de joite (from L'Ascension); Ferenc ListzMalcom Bruno: Chorale Fantasia; Richard Wagner: from opera "Master Singers of Norinberg"; Charles-Marie Widor: Symhonie No. 7 a moll, op. 42; Leos Janacek: Preludium; Improvisations
Mon May 27th, 20:00Shlmo Mintz - violin, Itamar Golan - piano : Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: a Sonate; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonate No. 9 A dur, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Johannes Brahms: Sonate No. 3 d moll, Op. 108Rudolfinum
Tue May 28th, 20:00Zoltan Kocsis - piano : Bela Bartok: Petite Suite, Nine Little Pieces (a selection), Out of Doors, Sonate for piano; Frantz Schubert: Sonata B dur, D 960Spanelsky sal
Fri May 31st, 20:00Glen Wilson - cembalo : Jean-Piere Rameau: Suita a moll; Johann Sebastian Bach: Ouvertura h moll, BWV 831; Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia: Tiento de squarto tono; Sebastian del Albero y Ananos: Four sonatas; Juan de Seesse y Balaguer: Ouventura, Intermezzo and Fuga
Sat June 1st, 20:00Boris Pergamenshchikov - violoncello, Pavel Gililov - piano : Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Concert variations for violoncello and piano, Op. 17; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violoncello and piano No. 2, Op. 99; Krzystof Penderecki: Divertimento for violoncello; Igor Stravinskij: Suite italienne


Theatre Cycle

DayProgrammeWhere>
Tue May 14th, 19:00Modest Petrovich Mosorgskyj: Boris Godunov, (Premiere), cond. by Janos KulkaThe State Opera
Thu May 16th, 19:00Giuseppe Vergi: Rigoletto, cond. by Oliver Dohnanyi, directed by Hana BuresovaThe National Theatre
Fri May 17th, 19:00Giacomo Puccini: Il trittico, cond. by Jan Stych, directed by Zdenek Kaloc
Wed May 22nd, 19:00Leos Janacek: Kata Kabanova, cond. by Bohumil Gregor, directed by Karel Jernek
Sun May 26th, 14:00Bedrich Smetana: The Bartered Bride, cond. by Bohuml Gregor, directed by Pavel Smok
Tue May 28th, 20:00ITHAKA 2.888, music by Anestis Logothetis - Odysseia (graphic partiture), Prague Chamber Ballet & Agon Orchestra with guests, music realisation by Petr Kofron, choreography by Petr Tyc, perfrormance of contemporary dance - (world premiere)Divadlo na Vinohradech
Wed May 29th, 19:00Wolfang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, cond. by Oliver Dohnanyi, directed by David RadokTheatre of Estates
Fri May 31st, 19:00Milan Svoboda: The Book of Jungle, libreto and choreography by Libor Vaculik, directed by Vlastimil Harapes - premiere of Ballet of The National TheatreThe National Theatre


Popular Cycle

DayProgrammeWhere
Sun May 19th, 11:00The famous concert waltzes Ustredni hudba Armady Ceske republiky, cond. by Karel Belohoubek, Viliam Beres : Carl Maria von Weber, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Bedrich Smetana, John T. Hall, ...Valdstejnska zahrada
Sun May 19th, 15:00Buccina-Ensemble BonnBertramka
Fri May 24th, 20:00Hudba Hradni straze a Policie CR, conducted by Miroslav Hanzal, Libor Krmasek : Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo; Zdenek Lukas: Musica Boema; Vaclav Nelhybel: concert for bass trombon and orchestraSpanelsky sal
Sun May 26th, 11:00Barock Jazz Quintet : Claude Bolling, Leonard Bernstein, ...Valdstejnska zahrada
Sun May 26th, 15:00Stockholm Chamber Brass QuintetBertramka
Sun May 26th, 20:30The Bournemouth Sinfonietta, cond. by Richard Studt : Georg Friedrich Handel: Water Music, Music for Fireworkpontoons on Vltava


Day of Prague palaces - June 1st

WhenProgrammeWhere
10:00Shola gregoriana, cond. by David Eben : Sunrise SongsLichnstejnsky palac - goticka vez
11:00Ad Vocem, cond. by Premysl Vacek : Enrico Radesca do Foggia, Giacomo Formaci, Antonio Brunelli, ...Lichnstejnky palac - galerie
14:00Magda Kozena - mezzosopran, Jirina Kolmanova - piano, Isoda Hayer - violoncello, Bojana Jurcekova - flute recital : Joseph Haydn, Wolfang Amadeus Mozart, Frantz Schubert, ...Thunovsky palac
15:30Causa Bibendi, Prague Swingharmony, cond. by Vaclav Harmacek : dance music and jazz from the first half of 20th centuryNosticky palac
17:00Pavel Janda - mandoline, Josef Hala - cembalo : Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Ludwig van Beethoven - works for mandoline and cembaloClam-Gallasum palac

Special Concert

Sun December 22nd, 20:00 : Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of The National Theatre.
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