On Tuesday 2nd August South Korean flautist Jae A Yoo will perform the Concerto for flute and orchestra in D minor by C. P. E. Bach together with the South Czech Philharmonic Teplice conducted by Jan Kučera at the Masquerade Hall. Besides this composition the audience will also hear the Overture to the opera La Cenerentola by G. Rossini, Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor “Farewell” and orchestral versions of the composition titled “Birth” by Jan Kučera.
As the festival finale approaches, just before the end of this year of the festival, phenomenal trumpeter as well as pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval, a pupil of the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, will come to Český Krumlov. He has won ten Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award and many other prizes. He has worked his way up to become one of the world’s most recognized jazz trumpet and flugelhorn players, however, he is also a recognized interpreter of classical music. Arturo Sandoval will make two appearances in Český Krumlov. The first of his concerts will take place on Thursday 4th August at the Castle Riding Hall, during which he will be accompanied by the South Czech Philharmonic. Sandoval will play the European premiere of his Concerto for trumpet and orchestra no. 2 and also the Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in A flat major by A. Arutiunian. The following day, on Friday 5th August, Arturo Sandoval accompanied by the CBC Big Band will perform jazz compositions. During this concert he will also pay tribute to the man who inspired him, Dizzy Gillespie.
The closing concert of the 25th year will be truly spectacular. On Saturday 6th August the audience in the Brewery Garden will hear Carl Orff’s work Carmina Burana, the famous cantata inspired by motives from a medieval collection of religious, satirical, amorous and drinking songs and poems of the same name. The piece will be performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Petr Vronský. The vocal soloists will be soprano Natalia Roman, who comes from Moldova, South African countertenor Roger O. Isaacs and Norwegian baritone Audun Iversen. The Kühn Choir of Prague and the Czech Philharmonic Children’s Choir will sing.
On Friday 12th August the festival will offer the epilogue, a special event which forms part of the project Olympic South Bohemia: Brazilian Evening. The festival has prepared a carnival parade through town and later a program in the Brewery Garden during which the band Carisma, dance group Tradición as well as the group Tam Tam Batucada, which will present a drum show, will perform.