Advent at the Castle

Name: Advent at the Castle
Start: 2026-12-05
Location: České muzeum stříbra

Sat, 5 Dec 2026

Advent at the Castle — Czech Silver Museum, Kutná Hora

An advent programme at the Czech Museum of Silver in Kutná Hora featuring traditional festive atmosphere and holiday activities.

About the venue: Czech Silver Museum

The Czech Silver Museum in Kutná Hora is housed in the Gothic Hrádek (Barborská 28) and continues the tradition of the Archaeological Corps Vocel, founded in 1877. It manages over 170,000 collection items covering archaeology, numismatics, geology and mining technology. The main exhibitions comprise two tours – "Town of Silver" and "Road of Silver", the latter including a visit to the medieval mine in St. George's adit, descending to a depth of 40 m. The museum also operates expositions in the Stone House and Tyl House.

Barborská 28, 284 01 Kutná Hora Get directions

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Poutníci

18:00

Jan Adamus a Zbyňka Šolcová 18:00
Cimbálová muzika Soláň 18:00

About: Jan Adamus a Zbyňka Šolcová

Oboist Jan Adamus, laureate of the 1977 Prague Spring Competition, joins forces with harpist Zbyňka Šolcová in an unusual pairing of two instruments. Their joint programme, Royal Harp and the Magic of the Oboe, ranges from Bach and Mozart to Dvořák and Smetana.

1977

year of victory at the Prague Spring competition

1985

year of founding of Adamus trio

1998

year of recording of the most comprehensive set of oboe concertos

What's new

2025-10
Jan Adamus will perform in October 2025 in Znojmo in the program Virtuoso Organs, the Magic of the Oboe and Heroic Baroque together with organist Jiřina Marešová and Vojtěch Pelka.
2024-03
Adamus's trio performed in March 2024 in Písek with a program commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of Bedřich Smetana's birth.
2023-04
The duo Jan Adamus and Zbyňka Šolcová performed in April 2023 in the Chapel of the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary in Slaný as part of the Circle of Friends of Music.

Tracks

Besozziho hobojové koncertyrecording for GZ Loděnice with the Prague Chamber Orchestra; scores discovered by Adamus at the castle in Český Krumlov

Barokní hobojové koncerty (Vivaldi, Bach, Händel, Albinoni)studio recording by Jan Adamus for GZ Loděnice

Hobojové koncerty (Haydn, Mozart, Kramář)the most comprehensive collection of oboe concertos, recorded in 1998 with the Chamber Soloists of the Czech Philharmonic

Bachův Dvojkoncert (s Josefem Sukem)performance at Prague Spring 1985; joint recording for Supraphon

Klusák: Concertino pro hoboj a malý orchestrworld premiere at Prague Spring 1997 with Talich's Chamber Orchestra

About: Poutníci

Poutníci are a folk and bluegrass band from Brno, Czech Republic, formed in the 1970s. They became a notable act on the Czech folk scene. Among their members was singer and lyricist Robert Křesťan, who left the band in 1991 to co-found Druhá tráva with banjoist Luboš Malina.

Tour

PrahaBrnoStrakoniceHabartovChlumec nad CidlinouSkaličkaSlabceSosnováSvojšínPoličkaValašské KloboukyOlomoucOpavaTřinecLysá nad LabemValašské Meziříčí

Tracks

Panenkacult single from 1983, one of the most famous hits of the Czech country scene

Až uslyším hvízdánísingle from 1983, one of the most performed compositions of the band's golden era

Pojďme se napítbeloved song from the Robert Křesťan era, which became popular at tramp campfires

Napsal jsem jméno svý na zdicomposition from the debut album Poutníci (1987), textually typical of Křesťan's style

Stíny na střecháchtitle song of the last album (2020), written by current members of the band

Recent shows

Jul 8, 1983 Amfiteátr Lochotín, Plzeň

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