Concert by Popular Request – Vojtěch Dyk & the King of Swing

Castle Courtyard

12.
June 2022
20:00
11. June 2022
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Five years on, the popular Concert by Popular Request belongs to Vojtěch Dyk and the B-Side Band, this time in the company of the Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava and under the baton of Jan Kučera. To celebrate a decade of extremely successful artistic collaboration between Vojtěch Dyk and the B-Side Band of bandleader Josef Buchta, a concert project Ten Years of Beat in Swing was created in 2020, which, however, due to the pandemic, was staged only three times; the two shows in Litomyšl will therefore be its renewed premiéres.

“For a singer of his format it doesn’t matter whether he sings jazz, swing or even a pop ballad. Thanks to his endless versatility, he excels in all styles with a voice of the same quality and absolutely extraordinary range. He enchants you with his great phrasing and his feeling of melody, rhythm and lyrics. No less important component of his performance is his extraordinary talent for motion and dance, in which he is matching professional dancers.”

Milan Bátor, 2020

This concert programme features twenty standards, original compositions and arrangements of jazz, swing, rock and classical music (Dvořák’s Largo) by Petr Malásek, Petr Jirák, Boris Urbánek, Zdeněk Novák, Ondřej Brzobohatý and Ondřej Brousek.

To name a few: Mona Lisa • A veces • The Sky Is Clear • Waters • Feeling Good • It Had Better Be Tonight • What’s This • Beautiful Day • Fragilidad • Cry Me a River…


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venue / Castle Courtyard

Each year, this courtyard, with its excellent acoustics and open arcades reminiscent of theater boxes, turns into a concert hall under the stars.

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Festival catalogue

A catalogue with all program details, Litomyšl tour guide with tourist tips how to get the most from your festival visit.

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Intermission table

Private table with sparkling wine and refreshments.

Served in castle garden nearby during intermissions or before the show.

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Programme

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Shuttle service

To all festival ticket holders we offer free transports from/to their accommodation facility outside the town of Litomyšl in distance up to 20 km, and from the train station in Česká Třebová.

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V tomto ročníku se konaly tyto akce:

Carmina Burana & Pictures at an Exhibition      10. 6. 2022 / 20:00
Czech Philharmonic Piano Trio      10. 6. 2022 / 17:00
Klavírní trio České filharmonie      10. 6. 2022 / 17:00
Carmina Burana & Obrázky z výstavy      10. 6. 2022 / 20:00
Magical Inspiration – Johann & Antonio      11. 6. 2022 / 15:00
Magické inspirace – Johann & Antonio      11. 6. 2022 / 15:00
That Dream of Love...      11. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Ten lásky sen...      11. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Láska za časů romantismu      12. 6. 2022 / 14:30
BACH XXII | Bach nonstop      12. 6. 2022 / 10:00
Love in the Time of Romanticism      12. 6. 2022 / 14:30
Bach XXII | 
Oddíl I, 1 – 3: Bachovo mládí
     13. 6. 2022 / 10:30
Po Čajkovského b moll až na vrcholky Alp      14. 6. 2022 / 19:30
J. S. Bach: Umění fugy      15. 6. 2022 / 20:00
J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue      15. 6. 2022 / 20:00
Zbigniew Preisner: Requiem for my friend      16. 6. 2022 / 20:30
Zbigniew Preisner: Rekviem za mého přítele      16. 6. 2022 / 20:30
Gala Musical      17. 6. 2022 / 20:30
Gala muzikál      17. 6. 2022 / 20
Jan Kučera: Perníková chaloupka      18. 6. 2022 / 13:30
Jan Kučera: Hansel and Gretel      18. 6. 2022 / 13:30
Jan Kučera: Perníková chaloupka      18. 6. 2022 / 16:00
Jan Kučera: Hansel and Gretel      18. 6. 2022 / 16:00
Georg Friedrich Händel: Mesiáš      18. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah      18. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Sólo pro 100 smyčců III.      19. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Bach XXII | 
Slavná Mše svatá
     19. 6. 2022 / 09:00
Solo for 100 Strings III      19. 6. 2022 / 19:30
K2 – Twice Kateřina      19. 6. 2022 / 14:30
K2 – Dvakrát Kateřina      19. 6. 2022 / 14:30
And Love Again... & Midsummer Vigils      20. 6. 2022 / 20:00
A znovu láska... & Svatojánské vigilie      20. 6. 2022 / 20:00
And Love Again... & Midsummer Vigils      21. 6. 2022 / 20:00
A znovu láska... & Svatojánské vigilie      21. 6. 2022 / 20:00
Ensemble Esperanza      22. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Večer na zámku v Nových Hradech - Il Farnace      22. 6. 2022 / 20:00
Ensemble Esperanza      22. 6. 2022 / 19:30
Vojtěch  Dyk
singing
Michal Žáček
saxofon
Boris Urbánek
klávesy
B-Side Band
ensemble
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Jan Kučera
conductor

This concert will be broadcast
live on Mezzo LIVE a medici.tv

990 / 1.090 / 1.190 / 1.490 CZK

50% discount for health disability cards holders

tickets

presale from 27th 4.

No intermission

Estimated end of the concert at 10.15 p.m.

The programme uses a sound system

Broadcast to Festival Gardens

invitation

about the event

performers

Vojtěch Dyk – vocal Michal Žáček – saxophone Boris Urbánek – keyboard B-Side Band, bandleader Josef Buchta Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava Conductor Jan Kučera

Vojtěch Dyk – vocal

Michal Žáček – saxophone

Boris Urbánek – keyboard

B-Side Band, bandleader Josef Buchta

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava

Conductor Jan Kučera

Vojtěch Dyk – vocal

Michal Žáček – saxophone

Boris Urbánek – keyboard

B-Side Band, bandleader Josef Buchta

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava

Conductor Jan Kučera

frequently asked questions

Bad Weather…

The performance takes place outdoors. If the usually pleasant summer skies aren’t obliging, an awning will take a few minutes to silently roll into place over the heads of the audience. Therefore, the performance will go ahead even if it rains. A few raindrops may fall in spots in Section C, which is why tickets for this section are sold for a discounted price.

Wheelchairs

We want do everything possible to make things easy for people in wheelchairs. Therefore, to purchase tickets, please contact Jitka at nazdravetska@smetanovalitomysl.cz or +420 602 457 338.

Tour of Smetana’s Birthplace

It’s almost as if intermission was created just for visiting Smetana’s birthplace, as it’s directly on the grounds.

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