2 November 2022, 7pm, Chapel of Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague-Vinohrady Days of Contemporary Music Karel Pexidr: Suite (world premiere) Zdeněk Zahradník: Serenade for Strings, Two French Horns, and Flute (world premiere) Miroslav Kubička: Strom – song cycle for baritone and string orchestra on poetry by Vladimír Holan – premiere of a new version Ondřej … Read more
1 November 2022, 7pm, Chapel of Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Prague-Vinohrady Days of Contemporary Music Edvard Schiffauer: Four Songs for Little Ones on texts by Ivan Binar (premiere of a completed version) Children’s Choir Kampata, choirmaster Denisa Dohnalová Jan Meisl: Jeseníky Ballad for Accordion Trio (world premiere) Kamila Sobotková, Michaela Sedlářová, Jan Meisl – akordeon Jan … Read more
24 October 2022, 7pm, Kaiserstein Palace, Prague Days of Contemporary Music Jan Beran: Piano Quartet (selection) – world premiere Veronika Böhmová – piano, Michal Sedláček – violin, Tomáš Krejbich – viola, Matěj Štěpánek – violoncello Jiří Smutný: The Last Rose. Three songs for a higher voice and piano on poetry by J. Neruda, A. Sova and … Read more
20 October 2022, 7:30pm, DOX+, Prague In Between Worlds Jiří Levíček, Chaazi Levíček: Morana. Song cycle for mezzo-soprano, violin, piano and symphony orchestra (world premiere) Chaazi Levíček – mezzosoprano, Milan Paľa – violin, Jiří Levíček – piano, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Bastien Stil
13 November 2018, Jatka 78, Prague Celebration concert for the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic, part II Michal Nejtek: Die Schattenjahre, Three Paralel Songs for soprano and orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the National Theatre Opera) Marta Reichelová – soprano, National Theatre Orchestra, cond. Ondrej Olos
20 June 2018, Assembly Hall, Chateau, Kroměříž Forfest Pavel Mario Slezák: “Mercedes” from The Songs of Autumn (world premiere) Nao Higano – soprano, Mária Vaitová – piano
19 May 2018, Smetana Hall, Municipal House, Prague Prague Spring Marko Ivanović: Little Words (world premiere of an orchestral version) Katarina Kornéus – mezzosoprano, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marko Ivanović
As a part of their 49th season, the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice introduced Little Words, a new song cycle by composer and the orchestra’s former music director Marko Ivanović (*1976). The piece attracted the attention of the Prague Spring festival, too; that is why the audience in the Suk Hall of Pardubice’s Dům hudby on 19 February had a chance … Read more
Miroslav Srnka, the most successful Czech composer today, was the main star of DIALOGE 2017, contemporary music festival held by the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation. Forming the dramaturgical basis of the festival, his music was being performed several times over the 4 days – as the festival’s name suggests – in dialogues with other contemporary, classical, electronic or film … Read more
The penultimate concert of the 7th International Music Festival of F. L. Věk was dedicated to Czech songs. They were performed on October 22 in the palace of Nové Město nad Metují by the legendary Czech bass Richard Novák and pianist Jaroslav Šaroun. A part of the concert was a world premiere of Psalm Songs by … Read more
