MUSIC OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN REGION V4 COUNTRIES

Presentation of the classical music culture of the V4 countries as part of the Czech Touches of Music International Music Festival


15.6.2023 19:00 - JITKA HOSPROVÁ & MARIA MACHOWSKA NATIONAL REFLECTIONS

JITKA HOSPROVÁ & MARIA MACHOWSKA

NATIONAL REFLECTIONS

15.6.2023 19:00

church of saint szimon and juda 

 

Music of the Central European Region – V4 Countries

MARIA MACHOWSKA – violin (PL)

JITKA HOSPROVÁ – viola (CZ)

GERGELY TÓTH - VAJNA – conductor (HU)   

SLOVAK RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA  (SK)

 

Eugen Suchon (1908–1993): “Sinfonietta Rustica” from the cycle Pictures from Slovakia 

Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937): Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2, Op. 61

intermission

Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884): Wallenstein’s Camp, Op. 14, symphonic poem

Béla Bartók (1881–1945): Concerto for viola and orchestra, Sz. 120

Vladimír Godár (•1947): “Tombeau de Bartók” for ymphony orchestra 

 

The festival is the only one in the Czech Republic to systematically introduce the best of classical music from the V4 countries, including the launching of young stars of classical music. Three events were held in the year 2018/2019 to celebrate the chairmanship of the Czech Republic in the Visegrad group. This is a sequel after the pandemic interplay. The first Czech female virtuoso, violinist Jitka Hosprova, and the young and extraordinarily talented Polish violinist Maria Machowska will give a performance in the main roles for the gems of Polish and Hungarian music. Szymanowski’s Concerto No. 2 is an imposing post-Romantic composition. Bartok’s Concerto for viola, the composer’s last Neo-Classical work, is exceptional. The phenomenal Slovak modernist composer Vladimir Godar reflects on Bartok. The programme is complemented with symphonic poems which draw on the culture and history of both nations: Sinfonietta rustica by the Slovak composer Eugen Suchon, the renowned symphonic poem by Bedrich Smetana, Wallenstein’s Camp, inspired by the heroism of the greatest Czech Modern Age generalissimo, Albrecht Vaclav Eusebius of Wallenstein.

Dramaturgy by Prof. Vaclav Riedlbauch (2016)