December 11, 2009
Ticket sales begin on December 14, 2009 at 10am
Tickets for the 65th Prague Spring International Music Festival go on sale on Monday, 14 Decemberat 10 a.m.!
Looking for ideas for Christmas presents? (continued)
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October 26, 2009
Announcing the Festival Programme for 2010
The complete programme for 2010 is now available in the Festival Programme section of our website.
Advance booking of tickets begins on 14 December 2009 at 10 am.
What does the Festival have in store for you? (continued)
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September 30, 2009
Look Forward to 2010!
The 65th Annual Prague Spring International Music Festival will continue the celebrations of the life and works of Bohuslav Martinů and, at the same time, will pay homage to Gustav Mahler, marking the 150th anniversary of his birth. (continued)
June 05, 2009
How was the Prague Spring 2009?
To refresh your memory we would like to offer you a brief, naturally rather incomplete overview of some of the festival events in recent days with the use of comments or quotes from newspapers. (continued)
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May 29, 2009
Résumé of the Scarlatti versus Händel challenge
Clearly neither of these two great composers could fully reveal his arsenal before the musical dual. Consequently, it is only now, after the dust has settled following this furious Baroque battle, that we can, as a supplement to the programme booklet, present a list of the compositions heard this evening. We trust you will not feel it an affront, for we are sure that you recognized each and every piece! (continued)
Rozhovor s protagonisty koncertu (v originále)
May 28, 2009
Howard Shore invites you to the Prague Spring
Howard Shore invites you to attend his Lord of the Rings Symphony which is presented on 28 May 2009 at the Prague Spring Festival.
Howard Shore
May 27, 2009
CHANGE: The footbal match was cancelled due to the illness in the team
Because of the illness in the footbal team of NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg we were obliged to cancel today footbal match with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra. We are sorry for that. Thank you for your understanding. (continued)
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May 23, 2009
Change to the programme for the concert on 23 May 2009
The Prague Spring festival office is announcing that the programme for the concert of the Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of South Bohemia on Saturday, 23 May at the Rudolfinum has been changed. Prof. Ivan Moravec, who was to have been the soloist in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37, will be unable to appear because of an unfortunate hand injury. At his personal recommendation, his replacement for that evening’s concert will be Petr Jiříkovský. (continued)
May 06, 2009
Change to the conductor of the opening concerts on 12 and 13 May 2009
The Prague Spring festival office hereby announces that because of the serious illness of the Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi, taking over as conductor of the traditional opening concerts on Tuesday and Wednesday, 12 and 13 May 2009 at which Bedřich Smetana’s cycle of symphonic poems Má vlast is to be heard will be the current chief conductor and music director of the Warsaw Philharmonic, Antoni Wit. (continued)
April 24, 2009
A change in performers at the 31 May 2009 concert at the Municipal House
The Prague Spring head office wishes to inform you that the SHANGHAI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA has cancelled its European tour, which was to have included a performance at the Prague Spring Festival in the Municipal House on 31 May 2009. Substituting for the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra will be the Prague Philharmonia under its chief conductor Jakub Hrůša. Highly acclaimed for their artistic quality, both the orchestra and the conductor are well known to Prague audiences. (continued)