Spring celebration of the "Year of Czech Music" performed by the Podkrkonošský symfonický orchester under the baton of Martin Hybler
For a hundred years we have celebrated every year ending with the number 4 as the "Year of Czech Music". This year it is even more intense because the founder of Czech national music, Bedřich Smetana, is celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth.
The Podkrkonošský symphonický orchestr will present to the Turnov audience a programme consisting exclusively of compositions by Czech composers, but it will not stay only in the field of classical music. In the first part of the concert the orchestra will recall the famous "Poem" by Zdeněk Fibich or one of the first Czech composers and conductors Vítězslava Kaprálová with a part from her "Rustica Suite".
On the occasion of Bedřich Smetana's birthday, an orchestral fantasy from the opera The Bartered Bride in a very rare arrangement by Karel Kovařovic from 1900 will be performed. Audiences can also look forward to the world premiere of "PSOCHOD" by regional composer Petr Matoušek, which he dedicated to the orchestra for this year's celebration of Czech music.
Czech music is not exclusively "classical music", and therefore the second half of the concert will be marked by iconic melodies from Czech films and TV series, featuring the most important authors of this genre - Luboš Fišer, Zdeněk Liška, Karel Svoboda, Petr Hapka and others. Many emotions will be conveyed by the familiar themes from the films Kolya and The Proud Princess or the series Circus Humberto and The Visitors.
Soprano Kristýna Poláková will be accompanied by the orchestra in music from the films The Cremator of the Dead and The Secret of the Castle in the Carpathians.
The entire celebration of Czech music performed by the Podkrkonoš Symphony Orchestra is led by Martin Hybler, a native and citizen of Turnov. His versatile musical personality and positive energy always guarantee a pleasant evening for both the audience and the performers. The concert is also part of the "Dvořák Festival", which is entering its 68th year this year.