BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ DAYS

Bohuslav Martinů Festival 2000

The Bohuslav Martinu Festival 2000   

 

The Sixth Annual
organized as part of the
"Prague 2000 - European City of Culture"
project under the auspices
of the Mayor of the City of Prague

Concert of Laureates of the Bohuslav Martinu Foundation's Violin and Cello Competition
In association with the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Sunday, December 3, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
Martinu Hall, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Malostranske namesti 13, Prague 1
(Laureates shall be announced on December 2, 2000)

Ticket price CZK 100


Martinu and German Music

Friday, December 8, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
Martinu Hall, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Malostranske namesti 13, Prague 1
Bohuslav Martinu: Four Madrigals for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, H. 266
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon No. 2, op. 24
Ervin Schulhoff: Sextet for two Violins, Two Violas and Two Cellos
Bohuslav Martinu: Sextet for Two Violins, Two Violas and Two Cellos, H. 224

Ticket price CZK 200

The International Bohuslav Martinu Academy of Chamber Music

Martinu and Concerto Grosso
with the kind support of The French Institute
Sunday, December 10, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum
Namesti Jana Palacha, Prague 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047
Bohuslav Martinu: Sinfonietta giocosa, H. 282
Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto da camera for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, H. 285
Bohuslav Martinu: Sinfonietta La Jolla, H. 328

Avner Arad - piano
Régis Pasquier - violin
Ondrej Kukal - conductor
Prague Chamber Orchestra

 
 
Martinu and Hungarian Music
Monday, December 11, 2000, 7:30 p.m.
Martinu Hall, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Malostranske namesti 13, Prague 1
Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Piano, H. 350
Bela Bartok: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs for Piano, op. 20
Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano, H. 286
Bohuslav Martinu: Variations on a Slovak Folk Song for Cello and Piano, H. 378
Zoltan Kodaly: Sonata for Cello Solo, op. 8
Bela Bartok: Rhapsody No. 1 for Cello and Piano

Miklós Perényi - cello
Dénes Várjón - piano

Ticket price CZK 200

 
Film Projections
Thuesday, December 12, 2000, 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Cinema MAT, Karlovo namesti 19, Prague 2
Bohuslav Martinu: The Voice of the Forest, H. 243 (film adaptation of the opera)
Martinu and America (documentary)

Reserved

 
 
Stage Works by Bohuslav Martinu
in context of their time

International Symposium
December 15 - 17, 2000
Zdenka Podhajska Hall, Namesti Kinskych 3, Prague 5
Organized by Bohuslav Martinu Institute,
Institute of Musicological Science of the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University, Czech Society for Musicology.

Opera Vojak a tanecnice (Soldier and Dancer)
Organized by the State Opera Prague
in association with the Bohuslav Martinu Foundation
Friday, December 15, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
State Opera Prague

David Pountney, Nicola Raab - director
Vojtech Spurny - conductor
State Opera Prague Orchestra

Advance booking at the State Opera Prague box office

 
Closing Concert
In association with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, December 21, 2000, 7:30 p.m..
Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum,
Namesti Jana Palacha, Prague 1
Bohuslav Martinu: Half-Time, H. 142
Bohuslav Martinu: Concert for Cello and Orchestra No. 2, H. 304
Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony No. 3, H. 299

Christoph Richter - cello
Leos Svarovsky - conductor
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra