Jazz Ride in the Riding Hall

Castle Riding Hall

24.

June 2022
20:00

23. June 2022

Premiere of a melodrama Reflections on Freedom on texts by Václav Havel; the first complete performance of Emil Viklicky’s Czech Suite; and jazz standards.

“The people we surround ourselves with and the way we support each other to defend freedom also help us defend it.”

Timothy Snyder

Emil Viklický

Reflections on Freedom

A jazz melodrama with a libretto based on texts and ideas of Václav Havel (such as The Power of the Powerless • Audience • On Freedom) and excerpts from a book by American historian Timothy Snyder On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.

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venue / Castle Riding Hall

Due to the golden color of the laminate material that dominates the room’s design – which includes a “tunable” ceiling – the castle’s riding hall has been given the nickname “the Amber Chamber.”

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V tomto ročníku se konaly tyto akce:

Slavnostní zahajovací koncert - Slovenská filharmonie 9. 6. 2022 / 20:15

Ceremonial Opening Concert – Slovak Philharmonic 9. 6. 2022 / 20:15

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

Carmina Burana & Pictures at an Exhibition 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

BACH XXII | Bach nonstop 12. 6. 2022 / 10:00

Love in the Time of Romanticism 12. 6. 2022 / 14:30

Concert by Popular Request – Vojtěch Dyk & the King of Swing 12. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Láska za časů romantismu 12. 6. 2022 / 14:30

Koncert na přání – Vojtěch Dyk & The King of Swing 12. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Bach XXII |
Oddíl I, 1 – 3: Bachovo mládí 13. 6. 2022 / 10:30

Concert by Popular Request - Vojtěch Dyk & the King of Swing 13. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Koncert na přání – Vojtěch Dyk & The King of Swing 13. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Bach XXII |
Oddíl II, 4 – 6: Bachova výmarská léta 14. 6. 2022 / 10:30

After Tchaikovsky's B minor to the Summits of the Alps 14. 6. 2022 / 19:30

Po Čajkovského b moll až na vrcholky Alp 14. 6. 2022 / 19:30

Bach XXII |
Oddíl III, 7 – 8: Bach očima současníků i následovníků 15. 6. 2022 / 10:30

J. S. Bach: Umění fugy 15. 6. 2022 / 20:00

J. S. Bach: The Art of Fugue 15. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Bach XXII |
Oddíl IV, 9 – 11: Bachova lipská léta 16. 6. 2022 / 10:30

Zbigniew Preisner: Requiem for my friend 16. 6. 2022 / 20:30

Zbigniew Preisner: Rekviem za mého přítele 16. 6. 2022 / 20:30

Gala muzikál 17. 6. 2022 / 20

Bach XXII |
Oddíl V, 12 – 14: Bach a řeč tónin 17. 6. 2022 / 10:30

Gala Musical 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

Bach XXII |
Oddíl VI, 15 – 17: Bach učitel, teolog, vizionář a završitel epochy 18. 6. 2022 / 10:30

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

Sólo pro 100 smyčců III. 19. 6. 2022 / 19:30

Bach XXII |
Slavná Mše svatá 19. 6. 2022 / 09:00

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

A Night at the Chateau in Nové Hrady - Il Farnace 22. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Ensemble Esperanza 22. 6. 2022 / 19:30

Večer na zámku v Nových Hradech - Il Farnace 22. 6. 2022 / 20:00

Emil Viklický

piano

Jazz Dock Orchestra

This concert will be broadcast
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Concert without Intermission

Estimated end of the concert at 9.30 p.m.

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Jaromír Meduna – recitation Tomáš Pavelka – recitation Emil Viklický – piano Jazz Dock Orchestra

Jaromír Meduna – recitation

Tomáš Pavelka – recitation

Emil Viklický – piano

Jazz Dock Orchestra

Jaromír Meduna – recitation

Tomáš Pavelka – recitation

Emil Viklický – piano

Jazz Dock Orchestra

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