The St. Wenceslas Music Festival Will Celebrate Its 20th Anniversary in September
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The 20
th
Anniversary edition is subtitled
“the best of SHF” and will showcase
unique projects and personalities of
sacred, chamber and early music across
the history of the festival. “I tried to
retrospectively look back and recall not
only the most popular, but also the really
interesting moments of the festival
for me personally. Hopefully I have
succeeded and we will bring some real
gems that will leave a strong impression
on the audience. And since I have great
respect for our resident ensembles,
Collegium 1704, Collegium Marianum
and the Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
led by Petr Fiala will not be missing. This
unique personality of musical culture will
celebrate his 80
th
birthday - as a thank you
and appreciation of his work, thanks to
which the choir has become truly world-
renowned, the final concert of the festival
will be dedicated to him, featuring his
Stabat Mater and Janáček’s Glagolitic
Mass,” said the director and dramaturgist
of the SHF, Prof. Igor Františák.
During the month of September there
will be performances by the phenomenal
violinist Dmitrij Sitkovetsky, together with
pianist Jan Bartoš, baroque cello legend
Christophe Coin, violin virtuosos Jiří
Vodička and Jan Špaček, and horn player
Radek Baborák. You can also anticipate
performances by ensembles such as
Accademia Ottoboni, Pavel Haas Quartet,
Terra Nova Collective, as well as Dan
Bárta’s crossover project with the Robert
Balzar Trio, and the Brno Philharmonic.
One of the most captivating, mesmerizing
and monumental concert will be
the performance of Beethoven’s Mass
in C major in the neo-Gothic pearl
of Ludgeřovice (Friday, September 8;
Symphonic Orchestra of Karlovy Vary,
conductor Ondřej Vrabec, Czech
Philharmonic Choir Brno, Jana Sibera
- soprano, Václava Krejčí Housková -
mezzo-soprano, Jaroslav Březina - tenor,
František Zahradníček - bass), and the
concert “Colours of France” on Friday,
September 15 in the Evangelical Church
of Christ in the heart of Ostrava, featuring
charming works by Berlioz and Ravel,
and performed by Isabelle Druet (mezzo-
-soprano) and PKF - Prague Philharmonia
under the direction of Philipp Bernold.
Experience music in style combined with
customer service. For details and online
tickets, visit www.shf.cz.
Text a foto: SHF
The St. Wenceslas Music Fesval
Will Celebrate Its 20
th
Anniversary in September
The largest Internaonal fesval of early and sacred music in the Czech Republic is scheduled
to take place from September 5
th
and 28
th
, 2023. The fesval showcases a total of 23 projects,
featuring performances such as a ballet in a church, a baroque opera accompanied by marionees,
an array of concerts by world-renowned performers in charming churches throughout
the Moravian-Silesian region.