Events in August 2002
PORCINKULE fair
Traditional fete, history
Handikraft sales, carousels, exhibitions, music, refreshment, ...
Venetian Night August 3 (Saturday), 8 PM at Lišťovina
August 3 and 4 (Saturday - Sunday)
Exhibitons
Josef Benedikt - paintings, graphics
July 26 - August 18, Castle Villa, open 11 AM - 4 PM, except Mondays
Opening celebration on 26 July 2002 at 5 PM, speaker: Mgr. Jan Kapusta (director of Art Gallery Náchod), artists: Lenka Dvorská (vocal, guitar) and Jiří Koch (violin)
Lubomír Dvořák - paintings
August 23 - September 9, Castle Villa
Concerts
Chamber Duo - Jan Krejčí (violin) and Josef Hřebík (accordion)
August 9 (Friday) at 7:30 PM, Marian Church, 40/20 Kč
- Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Sonata in c minor for violin and basso continuo BWV 1017:
Siciliano (Largo)-Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
- Jindřich FELD (1925) Concert piece for accordion (1974)
- Jan KAPR (1914-1988) Circuli for violin and accordion (1974)
- Domenico SCARLATTI (1685-1757) Sonata in D
- Ivana LOUDOVÁ (1941) Variations for a cat (Variace pro kočku) violin solo (1982)
- Ole SCHMIDT (1928) Toccata No. 1 (from opus 24) for accordion (1965)
- Josef Bohuslav FOERSTER (1859-1951) Elegie for violin solo (1945)
- Václav TROJAN (1907-1983) Ruined Cathedral (Zřícená katedrála) for accordion (1963)
- Modest Petrovič MUSORGSKIJ (1839-1881) Gopak from opera Soročinskaja Jarmarka (adapted by Sergej Vasiljevič Rachmaninov)
- Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1914) Minstrels (Kejklíři) from piano collection Préludes (adapted by author)
- Manuel de FALLA (1874-1954) Danse Espagnole from ballet "La vida breve" (Short Life) (adapted by Fritz Kreisler)
Trio from Saint Jacob - Milan Řehák (vocal), Karel Plocek (viola), M. Jakubíčková substituted for Martin Jakubíček (organ)
August 23 (Friday), 7:30 PM, Marian Church, entry 40/20, donations for victims of floods
- Adam V. MICHNA (?1600 - 1676) Loutna česká - výběr (Czech Lute - selection)
- Johann S. BACH (1685 - 1750) Bist du bei mir (You are by me)
- G. GIORDANI Caro mio ben
- Henry PURCELL (1658-?9 - 1695) Suite canzonet/saraband/hornpipe
- Henry PURCELL A New Scotch Tune
- Georg F. HÄNDEL (1685 - 1759) Lascia chio pianga
- Thomas MORLEY (1557 - 1602) Dvě písně o lásce (Two Songs About Love)
- Johann S. BACH Air from Suite in D-major
- Johann S. BACH Obrácení (Proselytization)
- Franz SCHUBERT (1797 - 1828) Ave Maria
- Robert SCHUMANN (1810 - 1856) Odpuštění (Remission)
- Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841 - 1904) Tři duchovní písně (Three Ecclesiastic Songs)
- Gabriel FAURÉ ( 1845 - 1924) Pie Jesu
Orchestra of Summer Camp of Musical Youth of the Czech Republic
due to floods.
August 30 (Friday), 7 PM, Marian Church, entry voluntary
- Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART ( 1756 - 1791 ) Adagio and Fuga in c-minor KV 546
- Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 - 1750) Concert for a Violin and Orchestra in a-minor BWV 1041
- Andante/Allegro assai
- Jean SIBELIUS (1865 - 1957) Romance in C major op. 42
- Ondřej KUKAL (* 1964) Symfonietta - Allegro energico/Gradazione, Maestoso
Balloon Sky
In 2002 the center of the event is Hradec Králové. Anyway, several hot air balloons
are expected above Opočno during 16 - 18 August.