15 June 2018, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl
Smetana’s Litomyšl
A Bohemian Pilgrim, Cantata for narrator, baritone, children’s choir, mixed choir and orchestra to a libretto by Vojtěch Stříteský and poems by František Hrubín, Jiří Orten, Josef Václav Sládek, Josef Kainar, Karel Hlaváček, Josef Hora and Jaroslav Seifert (world premiere to a commission from the 60th year of the Smetana’s Litomyšl National Festival on the centenary of the declaration of the republic)
I. Prologue. Bohemia – Jan Kučera
II. On the Road – Jan Ryant Dřízal
III. A Prayer – Jiří Gemrot
IV. Epilogue. Time – Sylvie Bodorová
Jan Šťastný – narrator, Adam Plachetka – baritone, JITRO Czech Children’s Choir (choirmaster Jiří Skopal), Prague Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster Lukáš Vasilek), Czech Philharmonic, cond. Tomáš Netopil