Events in April 2009

OPERAS                                                               

1, 5 and 7 April, 12 May 2009 / 7.00 pm
Janáček Theatre, Brno, CZ
www.ndbrno.cz
Juliette (The Key to Dreams), lyric opera in 3 acts, H. 253
Jiri Nekvasil (Director), Daniel Dvorak (Stage director):
Tomas Hanus (Conductor)
Cast: Maria Haan/Pavla Vykopalová (Juliette), Peter Berger/Jaroslav Brezina (Michel)

10 April 2009 / 6.30 pm
Antonín Dvorak Theatre, Ostrava, CZ
www.ndm.cz
The Greek Passion, H. 372/II (second version)
Michael Tarant (Director), Václav Návrat( Conductor),  Jurij Galatenko (Choir Director

Larmes de couteau (Tears of the Knife), H. 169
Dirigent: Clemens Jüngling
19., 24., 26., 28. 04. and 03. 05. 2009 | Musiktheater im Revier,
 Kleines Haus - Gelsenkirchen - Germany

Les Trois souhaits ou Les Vicissitudes de la vie
(Three Wishes), H. 175
Dirigent: Dietger Holm
26., 29. 04.2009 | Theater - Heidelberg - Germany

 

EXHIBITIONS
4 April 2009

Opening of the Bohuslav Martinu Center in Policka, CZ
www.muzeum.policka.net

7 April – 13 May 2009
Paris Conservatory, Paris, France
The itinerant version of the exhibition The Martinu Phenomenon 

26 April 2009 – 31  December 2009
Bohuslav Martinu in National Theatre, Prague, CZ
National Theatre, first and a 2nd  balcony
www.narodni-divadlo.cz

 

BALLETS
1 April 2009
Budapest Spring Festival 2009
www.festivalcity.hu
Czech Ballet Symphony
Palace of Arts – Festival Theatre
Budapest, Hungary
National Theatre Ballet in Prague
Ballet on the music by  Antonín Dvorak, Bohuslav Martinu and Leos Janacek

 

CONCERTS

2 April, 2009
Alabama, USA
Sinfonietta la Jolla, H. 328
Alabama Symphony Orchestra
Justin Brown (Conductor)

2 April 2009 / 7.00 pm
Dům kultury Teplice, Teplice, CZ
www.severoceskafilharmonie.cz
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H. 352
North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, Douglas Bostock (Conductor)

2 and 3 April 2009
Brno, CZ
www.filharmoniebrno.cz
Concerto No. 1  for Cello and Orchestra,  H. 196 II
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Jakub Hrusa (Conductor), Johannes Moser ( Cello)

4 April 2009 / 4.00 pm
Opening of the Bohuslav Martinu Center in Polička
Tyl House, Policka, CZ
Three Riders, H. 1
String Quartet No. 2, H. 150
Film in miniature, H. 148
Piano Quintet No. 2, H. 298
Martinů Quartet, Karel Kosarek (Piano)

6 April 2009 
Prague, CZ
Piano Trio in D minor No. 2, H. 327
Smetana Trio

7 April 2009
Society of Musical Friends in Brno Philharmonic
Sonata for Piano, H. 350
Ivo Kahánek (Piano) 

9 April 2009 / 7.pm
Conservatoire de Paris, France
„Soirée anniversaire Martinu“
String Trio No. 1, H. 136
and others
Ensemble Calliopée, Karine Lethiec (artistic director)

9, 10 and 11 April 2009
Sao Paolo State Symphony Orchestra
www.osesp.art.br
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H. 352

11 April 2009, 19,00
Yumeria Hall, Oizumigakuen, Tokio, Japan
QUARTIERS MUSICAUX
Yurie Tomiyama (violin), Mari Masumoto (cello),
Nagako Suzuki (piano)
Piano trio d minor, H. 327

14 April 2009 / 7.00 pm
Small Hall of Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Bratislava, Slovakia
www.filharmonia.sk
Puppets, H. 137
Adam Skoumal – piano

15 April 2009
Heidelberg, Germany
Philharmonisches Orchester der Stadt Heidelberg
Symphony No. 1, H. 289
Cornelius Meister (Conductor)

15 April 2009 / 7.00 pm
Nachod (Beranek), CZ
www.fhk.cz
Symphony No. 1, H. 289
 Hradec Kralove Philharmonic Orchestra
Ondřej Kukal (Conductor)

16 April 2009 / 7.30 pm
St. Simon and Juda Church, Prague, CZ
www.fok.cz
Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, H. 300
Les Rondes  for Oboe,Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, two Violins and Piano, H. 200
Nonet No. 2, H. 374
Juventus Collegium FOK

16 April 2009 / 7.00 pm
Reduta, Olomouc, CZ
www.mfo.cz
Czech Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, H. 307 A (arr. Jiri Teml)
Rhapsody- Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, H. 337
Moravian  Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc, Petr Vronsky (Conductor), Bohuslav Matousek (Violin, Viola)
18 April 2009 / 7.30 pm
Vance Brand Auditorium, Longmont, USA
www.longmontsymphony.org
Orchestral suite from the opera Juliette, H. 253 B
Longmont Symphony Orchestra, Robert Olson (Conductor)

April 18, 19, 2009
Berlin, Germany
Symphony No. 4, H. 305
Berliner Philharmoniker, Alan Gilbert (Conductor)

19 April 2009 / 5.00 pm
Rudolfinum (Dvorak Hall), Praha, CZ
www.ceskafilharmonie.cz
The Opening of the Springs, H. 354
Martinu Quartet, Prague Mixed Choir, Charles University Artistic Ensemble, Foerster Chamber Choir, Iuventus Pedagogica

24 and 25 April 2009
Den Haag, The Netherlands
www.residentieorkest.nl
Concertofor  Oboe and Small Orchestra, H. 353
Residentie Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoy ( Conductor), Pauline Oostenrijk, (Oboe)

26 and 27 April 2009
Kultur-Casino Bern, Switzerland
www.bsorchester.ch
Nonett H. 374
Nonett und Dixtuor des Berner Symphonieorchesters

26 April 2009
Eva Urbanova – song recital
National Theatre, Prague, CZ
www.narodni-divadlo.cz
Songs by Bohuslav Martinu
David Svec (piano)

April 30,  1 and 2 May 2009
Avery Fisher Hall, New York, United States
New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert (Conductor)
Symphony No. 4, H. 305