LEOŠ JANÁČEK Amarus, cantata for soloists, choir and orchestra on a poem by Jaroslav Vrchlický
ANTONÍN REJCHA Te Deum for soloists, choir and orchestra

Simona Šaturová soprano Thursday’s concert (December 11, 2025) will be recorded by Czech Television.
Daniel Matoušek tenor
Jiří Brückler bass
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
choir master Petr Fiala
Filharmonie Brno 
conductor Dennis Russell Davies

Concert pogram here.

Leoš Janáček (1854–1928) wrote Amarus, his first cantata, at the age of 43, having had many years of experience leading the Beseda brněnská chorus. Vrchlický’s poem appealed to him because of its evocation of the atmosphere rather than its description of monastic life, which Janáček himself knew so well and which had been inscribed into his heart in those years when the human soul is at its most perceptive.

Antoine Reicha (1770–1836) was celebrated as a theorist, teacher and composer of wind quintets, and for a long time was perceived largely in these terms. This meant that much of his other work, often unique and ahead of its time, was pushed into the background. Although the composer, who had Bohemian roots, wor ked in Classical forms, he imbued them with many innovations. In recent years, Filharmonie Brno has done much to bring Reicha’s music back to the concert stage: we have performed his cantatas Lenora and Der Neue Psalm, Symphony in C minor and Piano Concerto in E-flat major, and given the modern premières of his melodrama Abschied der Johanna d’Arc von ihrer Heimat and of Gelegenheitskantate. The time is now right for a performance of his Te Deum, which had its world première 200 years ago in Paris, outdoors at the Champ-de-Mars (Mars Field).

The concert was supported by the Leoš Janáček Foundation.

Thursday’s concert (December 11, 2025) will be recorded by Czech Television.

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You can buy the concert on its own or as part of the “TAILOR-MADE SEASON“.

Enjoy listening to:

Leoš Janáček: Amarus
Antonín Rejcha: Te Deum