The second year was dedicated to the great Bedřich Smetana, the Year of Czech Music and to the Terezín composers, in occasion of the 80th anniversary of their death. Newly that year, singing was included as part of the program – in a form of both, a choir and a solo performance. Before each concert, an hour-long accompanying program called Entrée took place, which allowed the audience to get more familiar with the context of the music played that day. The fall of 2024 began with a performance of a mixed choir Punkt accompanied by Anna Gaálová playing piano. In the upcoming weeks Krása Quartet, Pavla Tesařová & Juraj Škoda, Trio D’Anches, Jan Kukal & Lukáš Dvořák performed. The whole cycle was concluded by the world-famous Skampa Quartet.
CONCERT SCHEDULE:
Francis Poulenc – Salve Regina, Leoš Janáček – The Madonna of Frýdek from the cycle “On an Overgrown Path”, Bohuslav Martinů – Annunciation and Dream from the cycle Four Songs about Mary, Darja Kukal Moiseeva – Song cycle for mixed choir on texts by Jan Skácel, Leoš Janáček – In the Mists cycle, Mark Karpilovskij – Water: a cycle of four choirs based on texts of Antonín Sova, arr. Miroslav Raichl – Ten arrangements of folk songs (selection)
Hans Krása – Theme with variations Pavel Haas – String quartet no. 2 op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains", Viktor Ullmann – Smyčcový kvartet č. 3, Erwin Schulhoff – Five pieces for string quartet
Bohuslav Martinů – Duo for violin and violoncello No. 1, Otakar Ševčík – The Blue-eyed Girl, Mazurek, Humoresque, Capriccio, Slavic Dances (selection), Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 1 inspired by Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, Ondřej Kukal – Present
Bohuslav Martinů – Four Madrigals, Klement Slavický – Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, Jiří Teml – Kolokvia: Five short pieces for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, Erwin Schulhoff – Divertissement
Johann Sebastian Bach – Preludium C dur, BWV 547, Jan Dismas Zelenka – Aria of God from the Oratorium Il serpente di Bronzo „Potrei sovra degli empi“, Petr Eben – Choral fantasy I "Oh, great God", František Xaver Brixi – Aria in Dis ‚‚Mater misecordiae‘‘, Jan Křtitel Vaňhal – Fuga C dur; Fuga F dur, Jan Křtitel Vaňhal – Aria un Dis „Quis me separabit“, Otmar Mácha – Wedding Toccata, Antonín Dvořák – Biblical Songs
Josef Suk – Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale "St. Wenceslas", Bedřich Smetana – String quartet no. 1 e moll "From My Life", Antonín Dvořák – String quartet no. 13 G dur, op. 106
Our thanks go to the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Municipal District of Prague 5, the OSA Foundation, and the State Fund for Culture for their financial support.
