12/6
sunday, 8:00pm

II. Castle Courtyard

11. June 2022

990 / 1.090 / 1.190 / 1.490 CZK

50% discount for health disability cards holders

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 / II. 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.

More on venue The Castle Courtyard

990 / 1.090 / 1.190 / 1.490 CZK

50% discount for health disability cards holders

No intermission

Estimated end of the concert at 10.15 p.m.

The programme uses a sound system

Broadcast to Festival Gardens

performers overview

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.

Performers

Vojtěch Dyk – vocal

Michal Žáček – saxophone

Boris Urbánek – keyboard

B-Side Band, bandleader Josef Buchta

Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava

Conductor Jan Kučera

frequently asked questions

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.