Lukáš Sommer: Prague Bethlehem (world premiere)

11 and 12 December 2024, 7:30 pm, Municipal House – Smetana Hall, Prague Christmas Oratorio for UNICEF Lukáš Sommer: Prague Bethlehem (world premiere) Libretto: Vít Slíva Simona Šaturová – soprano, Markéta Cukrová – mezzo-soprano, Monika Jägerová – alto, Richard Samek – tenor, Jiří Brückler – baritone, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno (choirmaster Joel Hána), Radost … Read more

Days of Contemporary Music: new pieces by J. Meisl, V. Čermáková, P. Kohout, V. Micka, and M. Pavlíček

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

Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… (world premiere)

20 and 21 June 2022, 8pm, Castle Courtyard, Litomyšl Smetana’s Litomyšl Jiří Pavlica: And Love Again… A programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Jan Skácel (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Kryštof Bartoš – recitation, Jiří Pavlica – voice, Hradišťan, Žerotín Academic Choir (choirmaster Pavel Koňárek), Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, cond. Stanislav Vavřínek