Event date

06 / 11 / 2024 - Wednesday 00:00

Classical music for schools

A cheerful and interactive programme consisting of a concert by philharmonic musicians and the active involvement of children brings the most famous compositions by Czech composers to the Plešivec Primary School in Český Krumlov.

In a concert for schools, the presenter and a string trio draw students from both grades 1 and 2 into the musical action on an improvised stage. The space in the gymnasium under the basketball hoop can be transformed into a stage, as at the Plešivecká Primary School in Český Krumlov. The program? The most famous compositions by Czech composers, for example Smetana's My Country or Dvořák's Humoresque, originally combined with a railway station, animals, nature, etc.

During the interactive programme with an unconventional classical music concert, the children's audience sits on wooden benches or mats, which serve as exercise aids in a standard PE class. However, the fun event does not leave the pupils sitting for long, they enthusiastically join the programme by singing, imagination, conducting, playing and answering questions about classical music from the moderator Klára Boudalová. Professional philharmonic musicians play violin, viola and cello, while pupils and teachers play whatever is at hand. Together they embark on an adventurous cruise on the Vltava River to the New World, or become a composer quickly and easily.

Artists

Klára Boudalová - author of the concept, moderator
string trio composed of members of the Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonia or the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marcel Kozánek - violin
Vanda Kubíková - viola
Štěpán Drtina - cello

Program

Antonín Dvořák: American Quartet, Humoresque, New World Symphony
Bedřich Smetana: My Country
Leoš Janáček: Laotian Dances
Bohuslav Martinů: String Trio No.1

Primary school Plešivec

The primary school in Český Krumlov in the Plešivec housing estate was inaugurated on 3 September 1979. At that time, the school with 13 classrooms consisted of pavilions for 1st and 2nd grade, after-school education and catering, vocational classrooms and a gymnasium. In the 1980s it was merged with the Tavírna Primary School under the name […]

Classical music for schools

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