16 October 2021, 8pm, The Philharmonic Orchestra of Hradec Králové Jazz Goes to Town Michal Nejtek: Lost Rituals (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Peter Graham: JOGOTOTO (Joy Goes to Town) (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Sofia Jernberg – vocals, Frank Gratkowski – saxophone, Susana Santos Silva – trumpet, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. … Read more
13 October 2021, 9:30pm, Blahoslav’s House, Brno New World of Moravian Autumn: Mirrors of Brno Lenka Nota: Ich bin die Zeit (world premiere on the festival’s commission) Zuzana Čurmová – soprano, Johana K. Kratochvílová – cimbalom, Michaela Bartošová – viola
13 October 2021, 7pm, Besední dům, Brno Moravian Autumn František Chaloupka: Guitar Quartet No. 2 “Eve’s Aria” (world premiere) Iva Bittová – voice, Aleph Gitarrenquartett (Andrés Hernández Alba, Tillmann Reinbeck, Wolfgang Sehringer, Christian Wernicke)
13 September 2021, 7:30pm, Savarin – former riding school, Prague CHIMERA | … Japanese traditions and inspirations Anna Vtípilová: Whale Song (world premiere) Marek Kimei Matvija – shakuhachi, Annabelle Plum – voice, Žaneta Vítová – accordion Martin Klusák: Kwaidan. New composition with staged elements based on Japanese ghost stories themes (world premiere) Directed by: … Read more
23 August 2021, 7pm, Triple Hall Karolina, Ostrava Ostrava Days Ostravská banda I Luboš Mrkvička: For Large Ensemble, Part F (world premiere) Ostravská banda, cond. Ondřej Vrabec Jan Jirucha: Diagonal nr. 1(world premiere) Chris Nappi – vibraphone, Ostravská banda, cond. Jiří Rožeň Miro Tóth: Theory of Absolute Saddness (world premiere) Irena Troupová – soprano, Ostravská banda, … Read more
5 June 2021, 6pm, former synagogue, Kladno Lieder Society z.s. Jan Dušek: Dozpěv (world premiere) Tamara Morozová – soprano, Monika Jägerová – alto Following performances: 8 Jun Kadaň, 12 Jun Liberec, 15 Jun Louny, 19 Jun Prague, 22 Jun Pilsen
31 March 2021, 10pm, Czech Radio Vltava – Radioateliér Slavomír Hořínka: Splinters Under the Skin (Třísky pod kůží) – world premiere Barbora Kabátková – voice, Vojtěch Urban – violoncello, David Matásek – recitation, Slavomír Hořínka – violin, electronics
6 March 2021, 6pm, live stream from Gesteig, Munich https://www.br-klassik.de/concert/ausstrahlung-2411214.html Ondřej Adámek: Where are you? for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra (world premiere commissioned by musica viva and the London Symphony Orchestra) Magdalena Kožená – mezzo soprano, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, cond. Sir Simon Rattle
3 february 2021, 11:55am LIVE video stream from St. Vojtěch church, Prague, on Czech Radio Vltava’s FB, 11:57am live broadcast Czech Radio Vltava Music for Sirens… micro-concerts with emergency siren test Plavě proChvěla stínem ouška world premiere) Concept / music: Marek Keprt Pavla Radostová – soprano, Anna Romanovská Fliegerová – violin, Helena Velická – violoncello
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
