New organ compositions by Karel Martínek

4 June 2023, 7pm, St Wenceslas Cathedral, Olomouc Forfest Karel Martínek: Pentecost Mass for Organ (hommage à O. Messiaen) – world premiere Karel Martínek: Nine Meditations on the Mystery of the Holy Trinity – world premiere Karel Martínek – organ  

František Fiala: Mysterium Paschale (world premiere)

11 April 2023, 7pm, Evangelical Church of John Amos Comenius, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music František Fiala: Mysterium Paschale, Easter oratorio (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Lucie Laubová – soprano, Petra Vondrová – alto, Stanislav Předota – tenor, Josef Kovačič – bass, Ludmila Netolická, Irena Hůrková, Sakura Ito, Jan Rybka, Kristýna Jungová – … Read more

Slavomír Hořínka: With All Your Might (world premiere)

3 April 2023, 7:30pm, Church of St. Augustine, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Slavomír Hořínka: With All Your Might for three male voices and three baroque instruments (world premiere) Capella Mariana (Vojtěch Semerád – haut-contre, Ondřej Holub – taille, Tomáš Král – basse-taille, Mélusine de Pas – viola da gamba, Jan Krejča – theorba, … Read more

Martin Smolka: Jonah (world premiere)

12 February 2023, 2:30pm, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris Festival Présences Martin Smolka: Jonah, Seven Chants for vocal trio and ensemble (world premiere) Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble C Barré, cond. Sébastien Boin

Michal Janošík: Noe! Noe! Noe! (world premiere)

4 December 2022, 3pm, Church of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church, Ostrava-Mariánské hory Musical Present Michal Janošík: Noe! Noe! Noe! – Christmas mass (world premiere of a new version) Barbora Jirásková – soprano, vocal ensemble Notabene and guests, chamber orchestra (Michaela Kadlecová – piano, Alena Osobová – flute, Pavla Slavíková, Marie Korpasová – violin, Jan Niederle – … Read more

Daniel Skála: Mea confessio (world premiere)

19 October 2022, 7pm, Church of St Wenceslas, Ostrava Musical Present Daniel Skála: Mea confessio. Contemporary oratorio with new liturgical and ancient sacred texts (world premiere) Libretto: Daniel Skála, Tomáš Volkmer Meta extraction ensemble, Canticum Ostrava ansámbl, choirmaster Jurij Galatěnko, cond. Daniel Skála

Hanuš Bartoň: Prelude to Psalm 141 (world premiere)

12 October 2022, 7:30pm, Gallery, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague Archaion Kallos: Contemporary Piano Music Inspired by Orthodox Spirituality Hanuš Bartoň: Prelude to Psalm 141 for piano and electronics (world premiere) Radka Hanáková – piano

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by Romana Schuldová, Karel Pexidr, Jiří Teml, and Jiří Bezděk

10 October 2022, 7pm, Kaiserstein palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Romana Schuldová: Sacred Chants on Biblical Texts (world premiere) Ludmila Aschenbrennerová – soprano, Vít Aschenbrenner – harpsichord Karel Pexidr: Rhapsody for Bassoon and Piano (world premiere) Miloš Wichterle – bassoon, Martin Levický – piano Jiří Teml: Trio for Three (world premiere) Tre Violini (Miroslav Vilímec, … Read more

Indi Stivín: Saint Wenceslas (world premiere)

28 September 2022, 5pm, Church of St. Wenceslas, Dobruška International Music Festival of F. L. Věk Indi Stivín: Saint Wenceslas (canción for double bass and orchestra) – world premiere Indi Stivín – double bass, Collegium Stivinum