Jiří Gemrot: No Promises (world premiere)
5 July 2020, Piarist Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Gemrot: No Promises. A cycle for mixed choir (world premiere) Martinů Voices, cond. Lukáš Vasilek
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Michal Rataj: Ars Acustica Choralis (world premiere)
1. July 2020, 8pm, church of St John the Baptist, Kroměříž Forfest Michal Rataj: Ars Acustica Choralis (world premiere) Jiří Hodina – vocals, Petr Kalfus – saxophone, bass clarinet, Michal Rataj – live electronics
Karel Martínek: Improvised triptych (world premiere)
27 June 2020, church of St Maurice, Kroměříž Forfest Karel Martínek: Improvised triptych (world premiere) Karel Martínek – organ
Forfest: new pieces for soprano, flute and orchestra
22 June 2020, Orlovna gallery, Kroměříž Forfest Vít Zouhar: Descensus (world premiere) ISHA trio: Beaute (world premiere) Vít Zouhar: Seufzer (world premiere) ISHA trio (Lucie Rozsnyó – soprano, Jana Pavlíčková – flute, Sára Medková – piano)
Forfest: new pieces by Jiří Gemrot and Karel Hiner
21 June 2020, church of St Maurice, Kroměříž Forfest Jiří Gemrot: Angel Apparition, a scene for violin and organ (world premiere) Karel Hiner: Holy Spirir Meditation (world premiere) Bohuslav Matoušek – violin, Karel Hiner – organ
Forfest: new guitar pieces by Ivan Boreš and Vojtěch Vrtiška
20 June 2020, Orlovna gallery, Kroměříž Forfest Ivan Boreš, Vojtěch Vrtiška: Introduction (world premiere) Ivan Boreš, Vojtěch Vrtiška: Outro (world premiere) Sanity Guitar Duo (Ivan Boreš, Vojtěch Vrtiška)
Jan Vrkoč: A Silent Prayer (world premiere)
20 June 2020, Orlovna gallery, Kroměříž Forfest Jan Vrkoč: A Silent Prayer (world premiere) Jakub Sršeň – baritone, Czech Philharmonic Quartet (Olga Šroubková, Viktor Mazáček – violin, Jiří Poslední – viola, Jakub Dvořák – violoncello)
Forfest festival: new pieces for clarinet solo
19 June 2020, church of St. John the Baptist, Kroměříž Forfest Martin Wiesner: Miniature (world premiere) Josef Adamík: Monologue (world premiere) Jana Vöröšová: On the Surface (world premiere) Jiří Mráz – clarinet
Lukáš Hurník: Martirium (world premiere)
22 May 2020, live stream from the Academy of the Performing Arts “Young Talents at Prague Spring Festival” Prague Spring Lukáš Hurník: Martirium (world premiere) Eduard Kollert – violin, Jiří Kollert – piano
Jan Ryant Dřízal: Wild at Heart (world premiere online)
20 May 2020, 8pm, live from the Janáček theatre, webpage of the Prague Spring festival Prague Spring Jan Ryant Dřízal: Wild at Heart (world premiere on the Prague Spring’s commission) Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr