29 January 2024, 7:30pm, New Town Hall, Prague EKSTASE 2.0 Martin Hybler: Five Sonnets on Shakespeare (world premiere) Alžběta Poláčková – soprano, Vilém Veverka – oboe, Kateřina Englichová – harp Petr Wajsar: Kraftveverk (world premiere) Vilém Veverka – oboe, Kateřina Englichová – harp
14 November 2023, 7pm, Church of St Clement, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Ivo Bláha: Divertimento for Harp (world premiere) Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp Simonne Draper: Espanola for violin and harp (world premiere of this version) Beautiful Strings (Monika Urbanová – violin, Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp) Pavel Trojan: Sonata for Accordion (world premiere) … Read more
8 August 2023, 8pm, Zámek Valeč hotel, Valeč Peter Dvorský International Music Festival Martin Hybler: Three Sonnets by William Shakespeare for soprano, harp, and oboe (world premiere) Alžběta Poláčková – soprano, Kateřina Englichová – harp, Vilém Veverka – oboe
21 June 2023, 7pm, refectory of the Emmaus Monastery, Prague Prague Premieres of Duo Beautiful Strings: Woman in the Leading Role Simonne Draper: Dolorosa for violin and harp (world premiere) Simonne Draper: Canzonetta dell’ Acqua for violin and harp (world premiere) Duo Beautiful Strings (Monika Urbanová – violin, Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp)
11 May 2023, 7pm, Bethlehem Chapel in Žižkov, Prague Prague Premieres of Duo Beautiful Strings Jiří Gemrot: Prague Apparitions (world premiere) Duo Beautiful Strings (Monika Urbanová – violin, Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp)
20 October 2022, 7pm, Church of St Clement, Prague Days of Contemporary Music: Sacred Music Ivo Bláha: Luring for clarinet (world premiere) Anna Paulová – clarinet Kateřina Horká: Canticum Nativitatis for mixed choir and harp (world premiere) The Prague Singers Chamber Mixed Choir, choirmaster Stanislav Mistr, Hedvika Mousa Bacha – harp Jan Bernátek: Laudate Dominum … Read more
25 June 2022, 6pm, monastery church of St. Adalbert, Broumov Treasures of the Broumov Region Kryštof Marek: Memory Landscape. Concerto for haro and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Kateřina Englichová – harp, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Andreas Sebastian Weiser
19 November 2021, 7:30pm, Kaiserstein palace, Praha Days of Contemporary Music Milada Červenková: Kaliya lila – rhapsody for violoncello and harp (world premiere) Jitka Vlašánková – violoncello, Kateřina Valášková – harú Jiří Laburda: Dialogy pro dva kontrabasy (world premiere) Tomáš Karpíšek, Gonzalo Jiménez Barranco – double bass Jitka Koželuhová: Danksagung – Motive eines Lebens for … Read more
12 November 2021, 7:30, St Kliment Church, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Jaromír Vogel: Duo Blani for violoncello and harp (world premiere) Jiří Hošek – violoncello, Pavla Vondráčková Jahodová – harp Věra Čermáková: The Story (selection no. 1) for shakuhachi (world premiere) Petr Matuszek – shakuhachi Ondřej Kukal: Duo „Rumba“ for two cellos (world premiere) … Read more
The Days of Contemporary Music festival whose 31rd year planned for November 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, made recordings of a part of the original programme and shared them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CSoaQmsosVrvNzOjA4FO2Cw0R8EFgH3 . The recorded pieces include several premieres: Jan BERAN: Als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten inspired by … Read more
