Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… (world premiere)

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

Jiří Pavlica: Moravian Dances (world premiere)

On 10 March at the Zlín Congress Centre, Bohuslav Martinů Phlharmonic Orchestra premiered a new orchestral piece by Jiří Pavlica, a violinist and composer whose musical language, though oscillating between various genres, is influenced especially by folk music. The Moravian Dances orchestral suite, too, derives from folk dances from different Moravian regions (Haná, Moravian Slovakia, “odzemek” from … Read more