Events in August 2003
PORCINKULE fair
Traditional fete, history
Handikraft sales, carousels, exhibitions, music, refreshment, wood carving, ...
Venetian Night August 3 (Saturday), 8 PM at Lišťovina
August 3 and 4 (Saturday - Sunday)
Exhibitons
Obrazy (Images) - Blanka Šklíbová
Castle Villa, open daily except Mondays 11 AM - 6 PM (Sat from 1 PM), entry 10/5 Kč
Ceremonial opening July 31 at 6 PM
Concerts
Evening For Music Composer LUBOŠ SLUKA
Lucie Mlynářová (vocal), Luděk Šabaka (piano), Tomáš Strašil (violoncello)
August 8 (Friday) at 7:30 PM, Castle Image Gallery
- Con animo - for violoncello and piano (1986)
- Ricapitolacioni - for piano (1995) - selection
- Klec pro dva slavíky (A Cage For Two Nightingales) - for viloncello and piano (1986)
- Zpíváno dětem (Sang To Children) - songs on lyrics by J. V. Sládek (1952)
- Andante con moto - for violoncello and piano (1989)
- Šest písní na slova moravské lidové poezie (Six Songs On Moravian Folk Poetry) - 1949-1954)
- Sonata - for violoncello and piano (1956)
- Když hudba zní (When the Music Sounds) - song for sopran, violoncello and piano on lyrics by Miloň Čepelka (2002)
String Orchestra of Czech Musical Youth Camp
August 29 (Friday), 6 PM, Marian Church, entry voluntary
Conductor: professor Otakar Tvrdý, special expert: Jiří Kuchválek
- Marc Antoine Charpentier (1645/50 - 1704)
Suite for Strings (Preludium 1, Preludium 2, Sarabanda, Gigue Anglise, Gigue Francoise, Passecalie)
- Wofgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Divertimento in D major KV 136 (Allegro, Andante, Presto)
- Jiří Jaroch (1920 - 1976)
I. Začátek v dobré pohodě - Beginning in Good Mood (Moderato)
II. Chvilka večerního rozjímání uprostřed... - In the Middle a While of Evening Meditation (Andante sostenuto)
III. ... a nakonec žert - and a Joke in the End (Vivo)
- Karl Dietrich
Concertino giocoso (Allegro con spirito, Tempo di Minueto, Allegro scherzando)
Balloon Sky
In 2003 the center of the event is Hradec Králové. Anyway, several hot air balloons
are expected above Opočno during 14 - 17 August.
Theatre plays
Veselohra na mostě (A Drollery On the Bridge) by Václav Klement Klicpera, DS Kodym Opočno, director Zdeněk Zahradník
Meadow behind Kodymův národní dům
August 1 (Friday) at 7 PM, August 2 (Saturday) at 10 AM, 3 PM, 5 PM, August 3
(Sunday) at 2 PM, entry 25 Kč
The cast of the play: beekeeper - Josef Machač, his wife - Alena Hašková, fisherman - Jan Marša, his betrothed - Jaroslava Pachovská, teacher - Jiří Falta, guards - Přemek Stejskal, Petr Fábera, commanders - Zdeněk Zidka, Josef Kejval
Supoort: Jana Cimrmanová, Ladislav Cimrman, Alena Mynaříková
- Marc Antoine Charpentier (1645/50 - 1704)
- Karl Dietrich