Grand Finale – Police Symphony Orchestra

Castle Courtyard

3.
July 2022
20:30
2. July 2022
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Since 2010, an unmistakeable and unoverhearable phenomenon of 65 young musicians has appeared on the Czech concert scene, collaborating with leading Czech artists and selling out one concert venue after another. For several years, a full-feature time-lapse documentary has been filmed about this exceptional musical ensemble in co-production with Czech Television. For the culmination of 64th Smetana’s Litomyšl, the orchestra and its guests have prepared a unique show that will combine a number of musical genres with the unique space of the castle courtyard. The Grand Finale under the baton of the Police Symphony Orchestra will be vibrant, surprising, spectacular, emotional and butterfly-like – just the way these folks are!

“Do you know the feeling when you meet a person with whom you “feel it exactly the same way”, you brutally enjoy what and how they do and you feel that if you do it together, it can entertain and amuse a lot of other people? Well, I’ve now met someone like that, a sixty-head by estimate, and its coordinated co-existence, enthusiasm, passion and art have struck me deeply and permanently. Musically and humanely, an ensemble supremely likeable to all in peace. I ❤️ Police Symphony Orchestra!“

Tomáš Klus

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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.

More on venue The Castle Courtyard

Festival catalogue

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

Collect your order at the entrance from our ushers upon your voucher.

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Festival dinner

Three-course menu with wine in the castle's grounds.

Served in upper courtyard 90 minutes prior the show.

A / Coq au vin
B / Buckwheat risotto with asparagus
C / Grilled cod

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Intermission table

Private table with sparkling wine and refreshments.

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

A / Bohemia Sekt Prestige Demi sec

B / Bohemia Sekt Prestige Brut

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Programme

Programme booklet of a show

Collect your programme at the entrance from our ushers upon your voucher.

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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 / 20:30
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
Jan Cina
singing
Vendula Příhodová
singing
Jan Sklenář
singing
Karolína Soukupová
singing
Ivo Kahánek
piano
Police Symphony Orchestra
Joel Hána
conductor
Koska Kryštof
conductor

990 / 1.090 / 1.190 / 1.490 CZK

50% discount for health disability cards holders

tickets

presale from 27th 4.

Pre-concert talk at 7.30 p.m. at the Castle Riding Hall

Concert without intermission

Estimated end of the concert at 10 p.m.

The programme uses a sound system

Live broadcast to the Festival Gardens

invitation

about the event

performers

Jan Cina • Barbora Poláková Vendula Příhodová Jan Sklenář Karolína Soukupová Ivo Kahánek – piano Police Symphony Orchestra Conductor Joel Hána / Kryštof Koska
Jan Cina • Barbora Poláková Vendula Příhodová Jan Sklenář Karolína Soukupová

Ivo Kahánek - piano

Police Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Joel Hána / Kryštof Koska

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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