Concerts

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Cantata No. 32 “Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen”

Cantata No. 68 “Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt”

TIGRAN MANSURIAN

Requiem; first Czech performance

Anja Petersen soprano

Andrew Redmond baritone

Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir

choir director Tereza Válková

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Alexander Liebreich

• We present two sacred cantatas by J.S. Bach: No. 32 (Dearest Jesus, my desire) and No. 68 (God so loved the world) ● The most important Armenian composer of our time, Tigran Mansurjan, wrote his exceptionally forceful 2011 Requiem at the instigation of the conductor Alexander Liebreich and dedicated it to the victims of the 1915-1917 genocide of Armenians ● Mansurjan’s ascetic setting features an organic fusion of the Orient and the Occident: a liturgical text in Latin, more characteristic of Western culture, and influences from the liturgical chants of the Orthodox Church and Eastern folk music ● The work was honoured by the prestigious International Classical Music Awards 2018 and nominated for a Grammy in 2017 ● A personal appearance by the composer TBC

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A concert (not only) for expectant parents

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

The Abduction from the Seraglio, opera overture K384

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 (3^rd movement)

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 (2^nd movement)

Don Giovanni, opera overture K527

Divertimento in D major, K136

Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K299 (2^nd movement)

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 (4^th movement)

presenter Michaela Kulísková

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Jiří Habart

• The “Mozart effect” is the human ability to remember positive emotional experiences ● Presented here by music therapist Michaela Kulísková, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s works can have a beneficial effect on expectant parents and their children ● This is a concert that all lovers of the most classic of classics will appreciate, and features soloists from the ranks of the Philharmonic

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Orchestra Academy of Filharmonie Brno is a project that allows talented young musicians – students or fresh graduates of music schools, who are selected by audition – to gain orchestral experience in a professional ensemble. In this way, the Philharmonic develops the next generation of players who might in the future become its members.During its two-year course, the Academy offers its students not just the possibility of orchestral practice, but also an opportunity to present their abilities in chamber performance, in a concert series entitled Young Blood.

Over the past seasons, the series has earned a substantial audience – music fans appreciate the youthful and engrossing performances, the varied and attractive repertoire, and, last but not least, the enchanting atmosphere of these concerts.

For this occasion, the hall of the Besední dům is intimately lit and offers an unusual seating plan, so that the audience can feel really close to the musicians – as indeed suggested by the series subtitle, Music from nearby. You won’t feel separated from the performers by a platform and there is no need for formal evening dress either.

FRANCIS POULENC

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano FP 184

Filip Pokorný clarinet

Dana Drápelová piano

HANS-ANDRÉ STAMM

Spring Dance

Michaela Durajová flute

Linda Coganová piano

SOFIA MAVROGENIDOU

Gioco su tarantella

Michaela Durajová flute

Klaudie Jurmanová flute

Linda Coganová piano

PAUL HINDEMITH

Sonata for oboe and piano

Marie Šmídová oboe

Radim Pančocha piano

KEIKO ABE

Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs

Ján Bodor marimba

DAVID R. GILLINGHAM

Stained Glass

Foyers

Cathedrals

Sun Catchers

Percussion Ensemble JAMU j.h.: Radim Večeřa, Slavomír Kvasňovský, Tibor Rusnák, Martin Švec, Ján Bodor, Anežka Nováková (j.h.), Adam Druga, David Paša (j.h.), Josef Schmied, Jakub Michalčík (j.h.), Jan Nepodal percussion, Dominik Gál piano

artistic leader Martin Opršál

conductor Aleš Kománek

The concert will take place without a break.

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ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Cello Concerto No. 1

JEAN SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Matt Haimovitz cello

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Michael Schønwandt

• Alfred Schnittke’s First Cello Concerto of 1986, dedicated to Natalia Gutman, originally conceived as a work in three movements and completed only after a major trauma in his life – a stroke – with a slow fourth movement, whose emotion corresponds to the finale of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony ● The best known of the seven symphonies by Jean Sibelius, the leading Finnish composer, infused with Nordic colour ● Matt Haimovitz, once a wunderkind who debuted in 1984 aged 13 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta and today is described as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles” (The New York Times) ● World-famous Danish conductor Michael Schønwandt, former chief conductor of the Royal Opera in Copenhagen and the Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin

Subscription consists of two parts:

Filharmonie at Stadion (FS)

Filharmonie at Janáček Theater(JD)

Tickets for each part of the series can be purchased separately.

Subscription on sale on 20/5/2019 1.00 PM

single tickets on 10/6/2019 1.00 PM

ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Cello Concerto No. 1

JEAN SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

Matt Haimovitz cello

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Michael Schønwandt

• Alfred Schnittke’s First Cello Concerto of 1986, dedicated to Natalia Gutman, originally conceived as a work in three movements and completed only after a major trauma in his life – a stroke – with a slow fourth movement, whose emotion corresponds to the finale of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony ● The best known of the seven symphonies by Jean Sibelius, the leading Finnish composer, infused with Nordic colour ● Matt Haimovitz, once a wunderkind who debuted in 1984 aged 13 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta and today is described as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles” (The New York Times) ● World-famous Danish conductor Michael Schønwandt, former chief conductor of the Royal Opera in Copenhagen and the Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin

Subscription consists of two parts:

Filharmonie at Stadion (FS)

Filharmonie at Janáček Theater(JD)

Tickets for each part of the series can be purchased separately.

Subscription on sale on 20/5/2019 1.00 PM

single tickets on 10/6/2019 1.00 PM