thu01nov19:00BERNSTEIN AT 100 / FS BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish”
19:00 Kulturní centrum Babylon, Sál Stadion

Time

(Thursday) 19:00

Event Details

BENJAMIN BRITTEN

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Symphony of Psalms

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish”

 

Pavla Vykopalová soprano

Brian Caspe narrator

Kantiléna children and youth choir associated with the Brno Philharmonic

choir directors Jakub Klecker and Michal Jančík

Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

choir director Petr Fiala

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Dennis Russell Davies

  • Sinfonia da Requiem (1940), Britten’s largest purely orchestral work responding to the events of war, originally commissioned by the Japanese government to mark the anniversary of the imperial dynasty but rejected by the Japanese due to its title that referenced the Christian Requiem Mass; it was then dedicated to the memory of the composer’s parents • Igor Stravinsky’s deeply spiritual Symphony of Psalms, “composed in a state of religious and musical ebullience” during his neo-Classical period to mark the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with unusual orchestration (prominently featuring winds but lacking violins and violas) • Bernstein’s Third Symphony (on text by the composer), written in 1963 to commemorate J.F. Kennedy and referencing in its title the Jewish prayer of blessing and praise

Location

Kulturní centrum Babylon, Sál Stadion

Kounicova 20