Ostrava Days: new pieces by Michal Rataj, Jan Dobiáš, and Peter Graham

29 August 2023, 6:30pm, Cathedral of the Divine Saviour, Ostrava Ostrava Days: Spiritual and Empiric II Michal Rataj: Načálo polunóščnici (world premiere) Jan Dobiáš: Time Shakes (world premiere) Peter Graham: ORGAOS (world premiere) Ostravská banda, Canticum Ostrava (choirmaster Jurij Galatenko), Ahmad Hammad – organ, Klaus Lang – organ, Tereza Böhmová – soprano, Kamila Mazalová – alto, Olivia … Read more

Ostrava Days. Petr Bakla: Summer Work (world premiere)

The fifth day of the Ostrava Days presented a concert of the festival’s residential orchestra Ostravská banda held at the Triple Hall Karolina. Led by four different conductors – Petr Kotík, Joseph Trafton, Bruno Ferrandis and Carl Bettendorf – the ensemble played a program consisting of nine compositions, none of which was more than 15 years old. One of them … Read more