Pražské jaro 2021 (12.5.2021 – 3.6.2021)
14.05.2021 / 14:17 | Aktualizováno: 14.05.2021 / 14:40
Like last year, the music festival Pražské jaro 2021 will be held online. All lovers of classical music will be able to enjoy a total of 23 concerts that will be available on the website: www.festival.cz
The festival will be officially opened on 12.5.2021 at 20:00.
Below you can find information about the four main concerts and their program:
12.5.2021, 20:00 - OPENING CONCERT
Programme
Bedřich Smetana: Má vlast / My Country
Performers
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks - conductor
20.5.2021, 20:00 - On the Wings of Dance
Programme
George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major Op. 11
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introdukce a Rondo capriccioso op. 28
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird, suite from the ballet (1945 version)
Performers
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Ion Marin - conductor
Dalibor Karvay - violin
26.5.2021, 20:00 - Prague Spring Debut
Programme
Witold Lutosławski: Little Suite
Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor Op. 129
Jean Sibelius: En saga
Antonín Dvořák: A Hero’s Song Op. 111
Performers
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
František Macek – conductor
Johannes Moser - violoncello
3.6.2021, 20:00 – Closing Concert
Programme
Gustav Mahler: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me, 2nd movement from Symphony No. 3, arranged by Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations Op. 18 for high voice and string orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68 “Pastoral”
Performers
Czech Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth - conductor
Petr Nekoranec - tenor
Pražské jaro 2021