Pavel Zemek Novák: CANTO. Unisono per orchestra (world premiere)
24, 25, and 26 April 2025, 7:30 pm, Rudolfinum — Dvořák Hall, Prague Pavel Zemek Novák: CANTO. Unisono per orchestra (world premiere) Czech Philharmonic, cond. Jakub Hrůša
24, 25, and 26 April 2025, 7:30 pm, Rudolfinum — Dvořák Hall, Prague Pavel Zemek Novák: CANTO. Unisono per orchestra (world premiere) Czech Philharmonic, cond. Jakub Hrůša
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
19 December 2022, 7:30pm, TJ Sokol, Brno – Tuřany Reaction Christmas Vojtěch Dlask: Za temné noci on texts by Jan Kameník (world premiere commissioned by the BCO) Pavel Zemek Novák: Folk Christmas for BCO (world premiere commissioned by the BCO Jana Vondrů – soprano, Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
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)
15 September 2020, Chaple of the Old City Prison, Brno “Unclear contours: concert with Milan Paľa” Pavel Zemek Novák: Homage to Saint Francis for strings (world premiere) Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Gabriela Tardonová
5 November 2018, Convent of Merciful Brothers, Brno Bedřich Smetana’s My Country arranged by contemporary composers Vyšehrad: Petr Kofroň The Moldau: Marek Piaček Šárka: Miloš Štědroň From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields: Pavel Zemek-Novák Tábor: Miroslav Tóth Blaník: Daniel Forró Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
“… Impressions and Touches in the Soul…”, this year’s first concert by the Konvergence composers’ association, took place on 5 March in the Church of St Lawrence in Lesser town, Prague. It presented, among others, the premiere of Doteky milosrdenství (The Touches of Mercy), a new piece by a well-known Brno-based composer Pavel Zemek-Novák. The programme also included La Mandragore (Tristan Murail), Ambre … Read more
A part of the concert called “garden” held by the Konvergence composers’ association on October 31 at the already traditional venue of the church of st. Lawrence in the Lesser Town, Prague, was a world premiere of Landscape: HypnoticPulsation, a piece by composer one of Konvergence’s co-founders Tomáš Pálka. It was performed by Kalabis Quintet, a young successful ensemble composed … Read more
At their concert on 6th February in Rudolfinum, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra gave world premiere to the sixth symphony by a Brno-based composer Pavel Zemek Novák (*1957). In this composition written to the text of Saint Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creation, the orchestra was joined by the women section of the Prague Philharmonic Choir led by … Read more
Pavel Zemek Novák’s new piece Seven Last Words received its world premiere during the 25th year of the Brno-based Easter Festival of Sacred Music. It opened the third of the festival’s concerts named ‘Still Hymn’ which took place on 22 March in the functionalist Church of Saint Augustine and during which the Ensemble Opera Diversa conducted by … Read more