programme:
Petr Eben: Prague Te Deum 1989 for mixed Choir with 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and percussion
Leoš Janáček: Our Father for tenor solo, mixed choir, harp and organ, JW IV/29
Antonín Dvořák: In Nature‘s Realm op. 63, B 126
Bohuslav Martinů: Four Songs About Mary H 235
Jan Novák: Testamentum for solos, mixed chorus and four horns
Pavel Černoch | tenor |
Lukáš Vasilek | choirmaster |
Prague Philharmonic Choir |
he Prague Philharmonic Choir together with the tenorist of world renown Pavel Černoch will introduce their purely Czech programme, they prepared for their “American” concert tour commencing in several days after this concert. A tour which will culminate at the a cappella concert in New York’s Carnegie Hall. The repertoire thus cannot lack the compositions of Bohuslav Martinů, who, as one among a few European composers, had seized the so-called New World, and whose work had been premiered by the most eminent American orchestras led by international conductors. Through the inclusion of the compositions of Petr Eben, Bohuslav Martinů and Jan Novák i.e. authors whose lives and work were afflicted by the Communist, as well as the Nazi regime, the concert thus becomes a part of the cultural events commemorating the Struggle for Freedom Day and World Students' Day.