Miloš Štědroň: Claudio, Nao, Leo (world premiere)
26 June 2024, 8pm, Church of St Maurice, Kroměříž Forfest Miloš Štědroň: Claudio, Nao, Leo for voice and organ (world premiere) Nao Higano – soprano, Petr Kolař – organ
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Terezie Švarcová: Chceme my se, chceme (world premiere)
26 June 2024, 7pm, New Synagogue in Libeň, Prague Victoria Ensemble: Bohuslav and Vita, performance with music of Bohuslav Martinů and Vítězslava Kaprálová Terezie Švarcová: Chceme my se, chceme (world premiere) Viktorie Kaplanová – soprano, Roman Janál – baritone, Vojtěch Červenka – piano
Jan Rybář: Kabinou vzhůru (world premiere)
4 June 2024, 8pm, Venuše ve Švehlovce, Prague Music in Contexts Jan Rybář: Kabinou vzhůru (world premiere) Jaromír Typlt – recitation, Ensemble Coccinelle, cond. Jan Rybář
Ensemble Opera Diversa: premieres of pieces by Miloš Orson Štědroň and Slavomír Hořínka
29 May 2024, 7pm, Vestibule of the Rector’s Office, Brno University of Technology, Brno Musical Inventory Check Miloš Orson Štědroň: Shifting Sands, song cycle on Ivan Blatný’s poetry for soprano and piano (world premiere) Aneta Podracká Bendová – soprano, Tereza Plešáková – piano Slavomír Hořínka: Four for string quartet (world premiere) Diversa Quartet (Barbara Tolarová – 1. violin, Jan Bělohlávek … Read more
Kerberos Ensemble : new pieces by Pavel Nesit and Zdeněk Zahradník
19 May 2024, 5pm, Atrium Žižkov, Prague Pavel Nesit: “Zpřetrhat odpoledne” (Tear the Afternoon Apart) from the song cycle Songs from the Black Star (world premiere) Zdeněk Zahradník: Song of Songs (world premiere) Kerberos Ensemble (Kristina Kubová – voice, Magdaléna Kyselovičová – oboe, Nikola Liederhaus – guitar)
Jan Krejčík: Worlds of Eva Kmentová (world premiere)
18 April 2024, 7pm, Rebelbean Pole, Brno We and Paris Jan Krejčík: Worlds of Eva Kmentová (world premiere) Marie Kopecká-Verhoeven – mezzosoprano, Dominique Defontaines – videoprojection, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
Ondřej Adámek: Let me tell you a story (world premiere)
7 April 2024, 4:30pm, CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK Ondřej Adámek: Let me tell you a story for Korean – style soprano voice and ensemble (world premiere) Text: Sjón Shigeko Hata – soprano, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, cond. Clement Power
Martin Smolka: Niedzielne rano (world premiere)
5 April 2024, 7:30pm, Church of St Augustine, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Martin Smolka: Niedzielne rano (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Cappella Mariana (Barbora Kabátková – soprano, Daniela Čermáková – alto, Vojtěch Semerád, Tomáš Lajtkep – tenor, Tomáš Šelc – baritone)
Easter Festival of Sacred Music: Premieres of pieces by Pavel Zemek Novák and Peter Graham
4 April 2024, 8pm, Church of Saint Johns and Loreto Chapel, Brno Easter Festival of Sacred Music Pavel Zemek Novák: Chants for the Holy Saturday for two sopranos, organ and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Peter Graham: Alleluia for two sopranos, children‘s choir, organ and chamber orchestra (world premiere) Aneta Podracká Bendová, Jana Vondrů – soprano, Petr Kolař … Read more
Easter Festival of Sacred Music: Tenebrae
27 March 2024, 9pm, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, Brno TENEBRAE I Lukáš Hurník – the first nine responsories (world premiere) Zdeněk Klauda – the first three Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah and Miserere (world premiere) 28 March 2024, 9pm, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, Brno TENEBRAE II Tomáš Krejčí – … Read more