The project started in autumn of 2023. One by one, performances of Kukal Quartet, Musicum Trigonum, Tereza Horáková and Jiří Havrlant, HAMU Percussion ensemble, Alinde Quintet and Zemlinsky Quartet took place and brought music to the space of the church.
The program was created in cooperation with the Elpida senior centre and its goal was to provide elderly people with opportunities to join cultural and social occasions. Therefore, the concerts included an accompanying program in the form of a "Farewell counseling", focusing on helping seniors with the death of their loved ones. The goal was to help people cope with the loss through meetings, sharing emotions, memories and experiences, to accompany grieving people and provide therapy through classical music.
CONCERT SCHEDULE:
- 14.9.2023 Kukal Quartet
Ondřej Kukal – String quartet, Bohuslav Martinů – String quartet no. 2, Antonín Dvořák – String quartet no. 12 F dur ‚‚American‘‘
- 9.10.2023 Trigonum Musicum
J. S. Bach – Jesus bleibet meine Freunde, J. B. Loeillet – Sonata C dur for oboe and continuo, J. S. Bach – Adagio, G. F. Telemann – Sonata D dur, M. Bruch – Two pieces, M. Tournier – Moonlight, F. X. Thuri – Intermezzo lyrico, A. Pärt – Fratres, P. Eben – Duettina, R. Kahn – Variations on a theme
- 27.10.2023 Tereza Horáková & Jiří Havrlant
H. I. F. Biber – – Sonata F dur for violin and continuo, G.Ligeti – Hungarian rock for solo cembalo, Juan Muñoz – Bailatta estrafalaria (world premier), Darius Milhaud – Sonata for violin and cembalo, op. 257, J. S. Bach – Siciliana and Presto from Sonata G moll for solo violin, BWV 1001, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Fuga C moll for solo cembalo, Marie Nečasová – ‚‚Compassion and such a strange feeling of kindness‘‘ – composition for cembalo and violin (world premier), Valentin Silvestrov: Postludium
- 9.11.2023 Hamu Percussion Ensemble
Ivan Trevino – Wildling, Robert Oetomo – Over the Rainbow, David Friedman & Dave Samuels – Carousel, Gene Koshinski – Swerve, Keiko Abe – Variation on a Children Song, Ivan Trevino – This Little Light, Jakub Kotowicz – Good Vibes, Minoru Miki – Marimba Spiritual (2. věta)
- 30.11.2023 Alinde Quintet
Gioacchino Rossini – Overture to the opera The Barber of Seville, Antonín Rejcha – Brass quintet D moll, op. 100 no. 2, Samuel Barber – Summer Music for brass quintet op. 31, Robert Muczynski – Brass quintet, op. 45
- 14.12.2023 Zemlinsky Quartet
Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1 inspired by Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, Alexander Zemlinsky – String Quartet No. 1 A dur op. 4, Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet no. 9 C dur, Op. 59/3
Our thanks go to the Municipal District of Prague 5, the OSA Foundation, the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation, and the State Fund for Culture for their financial support.
