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Early Evening Concerts
Czech music and music of the 20th century performed by both established and up-and-coming Czech artists is the focus of this year’s Early Evening Concerts. The series takes place in the intimate setting of the Rudolfinum’s Suk Hall.
The series opens with one of the Czech Republic’s leading ensembles, the Pavel Bořkovec Quartet. Audiences can also look forward to two evenings of music combining voices and instruments: Janáček’s iconic Diary of One Who Disappeared performed by tenor Jaroslav Březina, alto Jana Hrochová and pianist Jan Dušek; and an evening of music from the Classical period by mezzo-soprano Markéta Cukrová and pianist Miroslav Sekera. The series ends on a more idiosyncratic note when Martin Opršál and his Percussion Ensemble of students from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts present an evening of audience-friendly compositions written for percussion.
Koncerty řady HP
What's On
Pavel Bořkovec
String Quartet No. 5 (32')
Vilém Tauský
Meditation for string quartet (8')
— Intermission —
Peter Seabourne
Fall (premiere) (25')
Performers
Pavel Bořkovec Quartet
Ondřej Hás violin
Marek Blaha violin
Matěj Kroupa viola
Štěpán Drtina cello
Ondřej Vrabec French horn
Jan Sedláček conductor
What's On
Leoš Janáček
V mlhách (15')
Leoš Janáček
The Diary of One Who Dissapeared (42')
Performers
Jaroslav Březina tenor
Jana Hrochová alto
Jan Dušek piano
Linda Kunclová 1st voice
Lucie Svačinková 2nd voice
Kristina Beyhan 3rd voice
What's On
Leoš Janáček
Sonata 1. X. 1905 „From the Street“
Bohuslav Martinů
Sonata for piano No.1, H 350
Richard Wagner/Ferenc Liszt
Isolda´s Love Death, S. 447
Ferenc Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S 514
— Intermission —
Leoš Janáček
Sonata for violin and piano
Johannes Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano No. 2 A major, Op. 100
Performers
Pavol Praženica piano
Jan Novák violin
Silvie Ježková piano
What's On
Leoš Janáček (arr. Jiří Bárta)
Violin Sonata, arranged for cello and piano
Marek Kopelent
Karrak for cello and piano
Ástor Piazolla
Le Grand Tango, for violoncello and piano
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Performers
Jiří Bárta cello
Terezie Fialová piano
What's On
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Komm, liebe Zither, K 367
Dans un bois solitaire, K 295
Als Luise die Briefe, K 520
Abendempfindung, K 523
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob XVI:52
Original Canzonettas, Hob XXVIa:25–30 a Hob XXVIa:31–36 (selections)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nine Variations in D major on a menuet by Jean-Pierre Duport, K 573
Joseph Haydn
Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob XXVIb:2
Performers
Markéta Cukrová mezzo-soprano
Miroslav Sekera piano
What's On
Béla Bartók (arr. Martin Opršál)
Allegro barbaro
Per Nørgård
I Ching
No. 3. The Gentle, the Penetrating (hexagram no. 57)
Jan Novák
Toccata chromatica
John Cage (arr. Martin Opršál)
In a Landscape
Nicolas Martynciow
Sweet Swaff
Javier Alvarez
Temazcal
Mark Berry
Mare tranquilitatis
John Psathas
Cloud Folk
Performers
Percussion Ensemble JAMU with the members:
Kristýna Švihálková, Jakub Kub, Anežka Nováková, Adéla Spurná, David Paša, Martin Kučík, Filip Zázvorka, Lenka Titzová, Vojtěch Škola
Martin Opršál artistic director
Dominik Gál piano