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
27 September 2022, 7pm, Church of St. Wenceslas, Opava St. Wenceslas Music Festival Martin Smolka: Maria je (world premiere) The Goeyvaerts String Trio, Cappella Mariana (Elionor Martinez – soprano, Filip Dámec – countertenor, Vojtěch Semerád – artistic leader, tenor, Tomáš Lajtkep – tenor, Jaromír Nosek – bass)
23 September 2022, 6pm, Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Rožmitál pod Třemšínem Jakub Jan Ryba Festival Jaroslav Pelikán: Salve Regina (world premiere) Czech Radio Children’s Choir, cond. Věra Hrdinková
17 September 2022, 7pm, Church of St Ambrose, Vícov (Přeštice) Jakub Jan Ryba Festival: “Chamber Sacred Music from Renaissance to the Present Day” Vojtěch Dlask: Motet on “The Canticle of Creation” by Saint Francis of Assisi (world premiere) L´Armonia Terrena Ensemble, L´Armonia Terrena Vocale, cond. Zdeněk Klauda
27 May 2022, 8pm, DOX+, Prague Prague Spring: Prague Offspring Martin Smolka: Angel Steps (world premiere of a work commissioned by the Prague Spring) Klangforum Wien, cond. Bas Wiegers
20 April 2022, 8pm, St Augustine’s Church, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Pavel Zemek Novák: Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Litany) – world premiere Martin Opršál – percussion, collegium (Tereza Horáková – violin, Kristýna Švihálková, Anežka Nováková – percussion)
22 March 2022, 7:30pm, Church of St Lawrence, Prague 652. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Terezie Švarcová: Ai suoi caduti (To Our Fallen) for soprano, clarinet, violin and violoncello (world premiere) Ivan Kurz: Lamb of God, Mass ordinary for soprano and string quartet (world premiere) Terezie Švarcová – soprano, FAMA quartet (Daniel Danel, Roman Hranička – … Read more
3 October 2021, 7:30pm, Gallery of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague Archaion Kallos. Festival of Orthodox Music: Philokalia Today. Contemporary instrumental music inspired by Orthodox spirituality Jiří Gemrot: Piano Quintet Dormition (world premiere) Jan Ryant Dřízal: Makom (world premiere) Radka Hanáková – piano, Sedláček Quartet (Michal Sedláček, Jan Maceček – violin, Tomáš Krejbich – … Read more
6 July 2021, 2pm, Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jan Kučera: Judge of All Reconcilliation, God. Meditation on a song from John Amos Comenius’s hymn book from 1659 (world premiere) Czech Horn Chorus, Aleš Bárta – organ
The Days of Contemporary Music festival whose 31rd year planned for November 2020 had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, made recordings of a part of the original programme and shared them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_CSoaQmsosVrvNzOjA4FO2Cw0R8EFgH3 . The recorded pieces include several premieres: Jan BERAN: Als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten inspired by … Read more
