Prague Lieder Company: new pieces by Miloš Štědroň and Terezie Švarcová

22 October 2023, 7:30pm, Salsita Club, Prague Prague Lieder Company: Strings Suit Songs Miloš Štědroň: Cantigas y Estampidas for two female voices and string quartet (world premiere) Terezie Švarcová: Vier Gedichte von Christian Morgenstern for two female voices and string quartet (world premiere) Irena Troupová – soprano, Jana Hrochová – mezzosoprano, Graffe Quartet (Štěpán Graffe, Lukáš Bednařík … Read more

Jiří Hlaváč: Gloria (world premiere)

7 December 2022, 7:30pm, Martinů Hall, Liechteinstein Palace, Prague Bohuslav Martinů Days Jiří Hlaváč: Gloria (world premiere) Jana Hrochová – voice, Martin Hroch – piano

Hong Kong resonated with the music of Janáček and Dvořák

One of the ensembles performing at the 45th year of the prestigious international Hong Kong Arts festival (Feb 16 – Mar 18) was the ensemble of the National Theatre Brno. HK Cultural Centre’s Concert Hall, which can host nearly 1,600 visitors, saw them perform four times altogether – twice it was Janáček’s opera The Makropulos Case, then his Sinfonietta, Eternal … Read more

Miloš Bok: Apocalypse in Kamenická Stráň (world premiere)

On their concerts on March 9, 10 and 11 the Czech Philharmonic performed – as this season’s second world premiere of a piece by a Czech composer already – Miloš Bok’s Apocalypse in Kamenická Stráň. This monumental 50-minute long vocal-instrumental composition for mixed and children’s choir, four soloists and a large orchestra is in fact only the first half of the … Read more