25 June 2022, 3:30pm, Smetana House, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Gemrot: The Burying of Light. A cantata for narrator, baritone, mixed choir, string quartet and piano (world premiere) Libretto: Vojtěch Stříteský based on texts and poetry by Miloslav Bureš Jan Šťastný – recitation, Roman Hoza – baritone, Matouš Zukal – piano, Zemlinsky Quartet (František Souček, Petr … Read more
24 June 2022, 8pm, Castle Riding Hall, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl: Jazz Ride in the Riding Hall Emil Viklický: Reflections on Freedom. A jazz melodrama with a libretto based on texts and ideas of Václav Havel (such as The Power of the Powerless, Audience, On Freedom) and excerpts from a book by American historian Timothy Snyder On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons … Read more
26 June 2022, 7pm, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO Matouš Hejl: Opera Ibsen / Ghosts (world premiere) Libretto: Lucie Trmíková Directed by: Jan Nebeský, music director: Bruno Ferrandis Cast: Lucie Trmíková (Helena Alvingová), Miloslav König (Osvald Alving), Igor Chmela (Pastor Manders), Petr Jeništa (Jakub Engstrand), Magdalena Malá (Regina Engstrandová), Jan Mikušek – cimbalom, Petr Tichý … Read more
23 June 2022, 4pm, Church of St. John the Baptist, Kroměříž Forfest Petr Vaculovič: Te Deum for solo viola and electronics (world premiere) Petr Vaculovič – viola
20 and 21 June 2022, 8pm, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… A programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Jan Skácel (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Kryštof Bartoš – recitation, Jiří Pavlica – voice, Hradišťan, Žerotín Academic Choir (choirmaster Pavel Koňárek), Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Stanislav Vavřínek
20 June 2022, 7:30pm, Chateau Milotice Concentus Moraviae Jiří Teml: Fairy Tale (world premiere) Duo du Rêve (Jana Jarkovská – flute, Bohumír Stehlík – piano)
12 June 2022, 5pm, castle – courtyard, Hukvaldy Leoš Janáček International Music Festival: Tribute to the Beauty of Nature Irena Szurmanová: A Twig from a Tree Stump (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Šárka Adamíková – flute, Camerata Janáček, cond. Pavel Doležal
7 June 2022, 7:30pm, Arch hall, JAMU Faculty of Music, Brno 8 June 2022, 8pm, Inspirace Theatre, Prague Prague Music Performance: Concepts and Improvisations Radim Hanousek: Canon (world premiere) Peter Graham: Mere Tones (world premiere) Radim Hanousek – bass clarinet, saxophone, Michal Hrubý – bass clarinet, clarinet, PMP Ensemble
7 June 2022, 7pm, Edison Filmhub, Prague Prague Music Performance Kapr Code. Special screening of a documentary opera about Jan Kapr (+ concert of Kapr’s works) Directed by: Lucie Králová Libretto: Jiří Adámek Music: Petra Šuško, Jan Kapr Cast: Karel Jakubů – baritone, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, choirmaster: Petr Fiala
28 May 2022, 8pm, DOX+, Prague Prague Spring: Prague Offspring Jakub Rataj: Fade no more (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) Lucie Vítková: A Dream of Others (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) Ian Mikyska: Dissolving; Settling (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Spring) Klangforum Wien, cond. Bas Wiegers, Vera Fischer – flute, … Read more
