PRAGUE CLARINET DAYS 2024
30 June, 19:00
Fortna, Hradčanské nám. 3, Prague 1
Clarimonia Ensemble & Jan Šťastný
One of the most beautiful works of chamber music for clarinet, Mozart's Adagio KV411, became the impetus for Clarimonia several years ago to search for other musical works written for an unconventional cast of captivating and colourful sounds – two clarinets and basset horns. Since there is only a small number of original works for this scoring, the ensemble members focused on later Mozart's works and began to look for suitable movements to adapt from his operas.
Over the years, the Clarimonia Ensemble has added individual movements of Die Zauberflöte to its concert programme, and in 2013, for the first time in Bamberg, it was possible to present a complete programme consisting of adapted movements of the famous opera with an original modern text reflecting the original libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.
W. A. Mozart: The Magic Flute
Leo Dvořák, Jana Krejčí, Irvin Venyš - clarinets, Clarimonia Ensemble: Bernhard
Kösling, Jochen Seggelke - basset horns
Jan Št'astný - narrator
Jakub Korčák - directorial cooperation
Admission: 200,- / 150,-
tickets on site
booking on clarinetproject@gmail.com
3 July, 19:00
Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Sněmovní 4, Prague 1
EUropean Music Melting Pot – FULLY BOOKED
The Prague Clarinet Days project continues to present seemingly disparate and contrasting works (2021 Mozart/Aho, 2022 Beethoven/Janáček), which nevertheless belong together in terms of their compositional quality and mastery of different eras.
The concert is the result of the cooperation between the Faculty of Music and Dance of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. The concert is held under the auspices of Ing. Věra Kovářová, First Deputy Speaker of The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of The Czech Republic.
Great Czech performers, including students and graduates of HAMU in Prague, as well as foreign guests from Belgium and Germany will meet together at the podium. The diverse nationality and age composition of the concert performers reflects the diversity of the European Union's cultural scene.
Christoph Schickedanz: Septet (world premiere)
Niklas Liepe - violin, Petr Nouzovský - cello, Karel Untermüller - viola, Adam Honzírek - double bass, Irvin Venyš - clarinet, Christian Kunert - bassoon, Mikuláš Koska - French horn
Ludwig van Beethoven: Septet for Strings and Wind Instruments in E flat major, Op. 20
Niklas Liepe - violin, Petr Nouzovský - cello, Karel Untermüller - viola, Adam Honzírek - double bass, Kateřina Škardová - clarinet, Christian Kunert - bassoon, Mikuláš Koska - French horn
Miroslav Kabeláč: Wind sextet, Op. 8
Veronika Vaníčková - flute, Tereza Tourková - oboe, Christian Kunert - bassoon, Mikuláš Koska - French horn, Leo Dvořák - clarinet, saxophone, Stephan Vermeersch - clarinet, bass clarinet
July 4, 19:00
Martinů Hall, Malostranské nám. 13, Prague 1
The Best Of(F)
Final concert of the graduates of the masterclasses
This traditional, audience favourite concert featuring the residents of the Masterclasses presents young, talented Czech and international musicians in collaboration with our great pianists - Miloslava Machová and Daniel Wiesner. In addition to the classical repertoire (W. A. Mozart, J. Brahms, J. V. Stamic, etc.), more and more often we hear more modern compositions by 20th century composers - Igor Stravinsky, Bohuslav Martinů, Paul Hindemith, Karel Husa and others. The specific concert programme is always based on the current repertoire of the participants of the project and each year it becomes a "living organism" and an energetic end to the whole festival.
Admission: 200,- / 150,-
tickets on site
booking on clarinetproject@gmail.com