Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by J. Fila, J. Smutný, and M. Christou

1 April 2022, 7pm, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music 2021: Additional 10. concert of pieces, that could not be performed in Novemeber 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic Jan Fila: Autumn Rhapsody (world premiere) Eliška Brožková Pospíšilová – clarinet, Andrea Mottlová – piano Jiří Smutný: Epigrams for lower voice and piano on poetry by … Read more

Martin Kumžák: Saint Agnes (world prmeiere)

4 April 2019, Convent of Saint Agnes, Prague “Pictures and Music” (concert cycle by FOK) Martin Kumžák: Saint Agnes (world premiere) Michaela Šrůmová – soprano, Roman Janál – baritone, Capella da Camera Praga (Lenka Torgersen – concertmaster, Petr Wagner – viola da gamba, Igor Františák – chalumeau, Inge Marg – oboe, Přemysl Vacek – theorbo, Tomáš Reindl – tabla, Lukáš Verner – double-bass, artistic director)

Miloš Orson Štědroň: Don Hrabal (world premiere)

On 14 December, the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague premiered the second opera by composer, and this time also a librettist Miloš Orson Štědroň (*1973). Subtitled “Poetic Images from the Life of Bohumil Hrabal”, Don Hrabal reveals, in nine images, the personality and attitudes of this famous Czech authorr, as well as the background of his relationship … Read more