19 December 2018, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Bohuslav Martinů Days – Final concert Jiří Gemrot: Resurrection of Light and Hope (world premiere) Prague Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster: Lukáš Vasilek), Czech Philharmonic, cond. Jakub Hrůša Following performances: 20 and 21 Dec 2018
15 June 2018, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl A Bohemian Pilgrim, Cantata for narrator, baritone, children’s choir, mixed choir and orchestra to a libretto by Vojtěch Stříteský and poems by František Hrubín, Jiří Orten, Josef Václav Sládek, Josef Kainar, Karel Hlaváček, Josef Hora and Jaroslav Seifert (world premiere to a commission from the 60th year of the Smetana’s Litomyšl National Festival on … Read more
20 May 2018, Spanish synagogue, Prague Prague Spring Jiří Gemrot: A Lament for Military Secretaries (world premiere commissioned by the Terezín Music Foundation) Martinů Voices, choirmaster– Lukáš Vasilek
20 May 2018, Spanish synagogue, Prague Prague Spring Jiří Gemrot: A Lament for Military Secretaries (world premiere commissioned by the Terezín Music Foundation) Martinů Voices, choirmaster– Lukáš Vasilek
On 31 January in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK gave world premiere to Concerto for oboe and orchestra by Jiří Gemrot (*1057). Just like his Trio for oboe, harp and piano, the composer dedicated it to a leading Czech oboist Vilém Veverka. “The first attribute I would think of is ‘lyrical’,” the … Read more
A song cycle Confessions of a Poet by Juraj Filas received its world premiere at a concert of the composers’ association Harmonia held by the Prague Spring festival on 2 June at the St Agnes’ Convent. It was performed by a renowned Czech baritone Ivan Kusnjer and a pianist Daniel Wiesner. The cycle’s four songs March – To She Who … Read more
