concerts | broadcasts | in 2002
DECEMBER 13
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
MUSICA MODERNA
E.F. Burian, B. Martinu, V. Kapralova: April Preludes
Bozena Pidermannova (pno.)
Host: Jiri Teml. Program starts at 23:15
DECEMBER 12
Cafe Progresso, corso San Maurizio 69/b, Torino, Italy
Milena di Praga: Lettere di Milena Jesenska
With April Preludes by Vitezslava Kapralova
Claudio Canal (pno.)
Program starts at 21:30
DECEMBER 11
ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove, Palackeho 70, Brno, Czech Republic
Slavnostni koncert k propujceni cestneho nazvu ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove
Martinu: Adagio; Kapralova: childhood compositions;
Five Piano Pieces; Letter; Variations sur le Carillon; Waving Farewell
Tereza Gregorova, Marta Dembicka, Jarmila Ceskova, Sabina Vajdova, Renata Bialasova (pno.);
Zdenek Plech (baritone) and Jana Stefackova (mezzo)
Introduction: Jarmila Mrackova, Martin Slavik. Concert starts at 18:00
DECEMBER 10
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
MUSICA MODERNA
Borkovec, Ponc, Kapralova: melodrama "Karlu Capkovi"
Alfred Holecek (pno.), Josef Novak (vl.), Julie Charvatova (reciter)
Host: Jiri Teml. Program starts at 23:15
DECEMBER 5
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
MUSICA MODERNA
Chlubna, Ruzicka, Kapralova: Ritornel for cello and piano, op. 25
Ivan Merka (vcl.), Jaroslav Smykal (pno.)
Program starts at 23:15
DECEMBER 4
Czech Centre, Paris, France
A propos de la Musique contemporaine tchèque
Schnittke, Bodorova, Kapralova: String Quartet
The Kapralova Quartet
With introduction by Lenka Stranska
NOVEMBER 19
Okresni vlastivedne muzeum, Sumperk, Czech Republic
"Sumperska klasika"
Dvorak, Suk, Martinu, Janacek, Kapralova, Chopin, Brahms, Eben
Jana Stefackova (mezzo), Sabina Vajdova (pno.)
The concert starts at 19:00
OCTOBER 25
Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall, New York, United States
Formosa Chamber Music Society
Cox, Chopin, Chou, Ravel, Kapralova: April Preludes
Jenny Lin (pno.)
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 10
Czech Centre, London, United Kingdom
Meeting of the Dvorak Society for Czech and Slovak Music
Last Concertino
Czech TV documentary about life and work of Vitezslava Kapralova.
With introduction by Graham Melville-Mason and commentary by Vilem Tausky
OCTOBER 8
Pilsen, Czech Republic
Festival TRIBUNA KOMORNI PISNE
V. Novak, A. Dvorak, V. Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Zuzana Fiserova (soprano), Eliska Novotna (pno.)
OCTOBER 8
Moore Building, Room 2043, The University of Michigan School of Music
Timothy Cheek's Slavic Vocal Literature class presents:
Kapralova: Navzdy, Ruce, Dopis
Dianna Dumpel (soprano), Megan Besley (mezzo), Steven McGhee, Bonnie Wagner, Shannon McGinnis (pno.)
Concert starts at 7:00 p.m.
OCTOBER 6
Old Synagogue, Hechingen, Germany
Kapralova: April Preludes, Variations sur le Carillon
Cornelia Mühlenhof (pno.)
Concert starts at 11 a.m.
OCTOBER 6
Vital-Zentrum Felbermayer, Gaschurn, Austria
Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, Cox, Kapralova: April Preludes
Jenny Lin (pno.)
Concert starts at 20:15
SEPTEMBER 29
Festival van Vlaanderen Mechelen, Puurs, Belgium
Kapralova: April Preludes
Jenny Lin (pno.)
SEPTEMBER 27
College Music Society National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
"Navzdy Kapralova: Evaluating Czech composer Vitezslava
Kapralova through her thirty songs". Lecture/recital.
Kapralova: Navzdy
Timothy Cheek (pno.), Jennifer Goltz (soprano)
SEPTEMBER 25
Teatre dei Rinnovati, Asolo, Italy
Art Film Festival | Biografie d'Artista
Last Concertino: Czech TV documentary about life and work of Vitezslava Kapralova
With excerpts from Military Sinfonietta, April Preludes, Variations, Partita, and Concertino
Screening starts at 10:00 a.m.
SEPTEMBER 14
Hotel U Loubu, Tri Studne, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Childhood Compositions (In the Realm of Myths, Port, Longing, Before the Long Journey), April Preludes, String Quartet
Katerina Kraftova, Tomas Visek (pno.), Kapralova Quartet
AUGUST 26
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 10:00 p.m.
AUGUST 15
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 7:00 p.m.
JULY 30
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 6:00 p.m.
JULY 25
U-M TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 6:00 p.m.
JULY 24
WPRB 103.3 FM, Princeton, New Jersey
Kapralova: Love Carol, Partita
Lenka Skornickova (soprano), Jitka Drobilkova (pno.), Brno Philharmonic with Jiri Skovajsa (pno.)
and Frantisek Jilek (cond.)
Broadcast between 9:00-10:00 a.m.
JULY 19
Harlaxton Summer Music Festival, Lincolnshire, UK
Suk, Martinu, Enescu, Kapralova: Legend, Burlesque, and Elegy for violin
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Jacqueline Metcalf (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
JULY 14
U-M TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 6:00 p.m.
JULY 13
St. George's Church, Kirkside Rd, Greenwich, UK
Suk, Martinu, Enescu, Kapralova: Legend, Burlesque, and Elegy for violin
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Jacqueline Metcalf (pno.)
Concert starts at 11:00 am
JULY 12
U-M TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 8:00 p.m.
JULY 8
U-M TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 10:00 p.m.
JUNE 20
U-M TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 10:30 p.m.
JUNE 17
U-M TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 7:30 p.m.
JUNE 14
Chicago Radio Network, USA
WTT11 and 98.7 WFMT at 2:57 p.m.
Kapralova: April Preludes ["Vivo"]
Virginia Eskin (pno.)
JUNE 9
Meissen, Germany
Kapralova, Janacek, Dvorak: String quartets
The Kapralova Quartet
MAY 31
Pamatnik Antonina Dvoraka, Vysoka, Czech Republic
Song Recital
Dvorak, Martinu, Schubert, Brahms, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Irena Houkalova (soprano), Jaroslav Saroun (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:00
MAY 31
Velky sal Lidove Sady, Liberec, Czech Republic
DIVY HUDBY - 12. Festival Hudebni mladeze [31.5.-2.6.2002]
C.P.E. Bach, Dusik, Spohr, Parish-Alvars, Martinu, Kapralova: Lullaby (Apple from the Lap)
Jana Tetourova (mezzo), Lenka Rihova (pno.)
MAY 26
Janacek's May Festival, Janacek Conservatory, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Janacek, Tchaikovsky, Kapralova: String Quartet
The Kapralova Quartet
MAY 14
JAMU, Brno, Czech Republic
Graduation Recital
Buxtehude, Handel, Mozart, Grieg, Britten, Musorgsky, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Katerina Machackova (soprano), doc. Danuse Kristkova (pno.)
MAY 6
Atrium na Zizkove, Prague 3, Czech Republic
Song Recital
Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Irena Houkalova (soprano), Martina Novakova (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
MAY 1
Foersterova sin, Prague, Czech Republic
Song Recital "Vecer majovy"
Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Irena Houkalova (soprano), Martina Novakova (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:00
APRIL 22
The Irish Room, Gasson 100, Boston College, Massachusetts
Quartets by Kapralova, Schulhoff, Weigl
Hawthorne String Quartet
Concert starts at 8:00 p.m.
APRIL 13
Mestsky klub, Litovel, Czech Republic
CANTICUM LITOVEL - Festival of Choirs
Kapralova: Maticce
Vlastimila Women's Choir and Marie Hejduskova (cond.)
Festival starts at 17:00
APRIL 12
Anderson Theater, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY,
United States
Reminiscences: Martinu, Firkusny and the Kaprals
Kapralova: April Preludes; Kapral: Berceuses de Printemps, Premonition;
Martinu: Julietta, Fenetre sur le Jardin, Adagio
Lecture/recital by Erik Entwistle (pno.)
The program starts at 2:30 p.m.
APRIL 6-8
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, UK
The Annual Convention of the British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies
"Navzdy Kapralova. Reevaluating Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova through
her thirty songs" (conference paper)
Paper presented by Timothy Cheek, University of Michigan
MARCH 31
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 7:00 p.m.
MARCH 27
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 9:00 p.m.
MARCH 25
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 8:00 p.m.
MARCH 22-23
ZUS Brno, Palackeho 70, Brno, Czech Republic
Krajske kolo celostatni souteze ZUS ve hre na klavir
Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, K. Slavicky, Kapralova:
In the Realm of Myths (childhood Compositions)
Katerina Kraftova (pno.)
MARCH 22
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 7:00 p.m.
MARCH 4
France Culture, Radio France
Résonances
Kapralova: String Quartet (Allegro con variazioni)
Kapralova Quartet (pno.)
Broadcast starts at 11:20 a.m.
FEBRUARY 28
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 7:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 27
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 9:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 24
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 9:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 23
Aula JAMU, Brno, Czech Republic
Interpretacni seminar
Vitezslava Kapralova: In the Realm of Myths, Longing (Childhood Compositions)
Katerina Marie Kraftova (pno.) (pupil of Marcela Slana, ZUS Brno, Palackeho 70)
Program starts at 10 a.m.
FEBRUARY 22
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Legend, Burlesque, Sparks from Ashes, Waving Farewell, Elegy, For Ever, Ritournelle,
Song of Your Absence
Stephen Shipps (vl.), Timothy Cheek (pno.), Freda Herseth and Melody Racine (mezzo),
Caroline Helton and Marcia Porter (soprano), Anthony Elliot (vcl.)
Recording of a faculty concert at the University of Michigan School of Music
on January 24, 2002. Broadcast starts at 6:00 p.m.
FEBRUARY 19
The Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York
Piano on the Edge
Schwendinger, Crawford-Seeger, Chin, Bacewicz, Firsova, Barraine, Kapralova,
Ustvolskaya
Jenny Lin (pno.)
Concert starts at 20:00
FEBRUARY 9
McIntosh Theatre, The University of Michigan School of Music
Final doctoral voice recital
Jezek, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Kapralova: Apple from the Lap,
Song of Your Absence (Sung into the Distance)
Marcia Porter (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 5:30
JANUARY 30
Janacek Academy of Music, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Apple from the Lap; Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek, Verdi, Puccini, Mozart
Hana Srubarova (voice), Karel Jasa (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
JANUARY 30
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Czech Republic
Soudoba hudba
Jiri Matys, Vitezslava Kapralova: Partita
Milan Masa (pno.) and Brno Philharmonic with Otakar Trhlik
Program starts at 01:15 a.m.
JANUARY 27
CISM FM, Quebec, Canada
WOV program #101
Kapralova: Partita
Jiri Skovajsa (pno.) and Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek (cond.)
The program starts at 12:00 midnight EST
JANUARY 24
Britton Recital Hall, The University of Michigan School of Music
A Birthday Celebration: The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Legend and Burlesque for violin and piano; song cycle Sparks from Ashes (WORLD PREMIERE);
Waving Farewell for voice and piano; Elegy for violin and piano; song cycle For Ever
for voice and piano; Ritournelle for violoncello and piano; Song of Your Absence for voice and piano
Stephen Shipps (vl.), Timothy Cheek (pno.), Freda Herseth (mezzo), Caroline Helton (soprano), Melody Racine (mezzo),
Anthony Elliot (vcl.), and Marcia Porter (soprano)
Prerecital lectures "Vitezslava Kapralova: her music and times" and
"Vitezslava Kapralova: a remarkable voice in 20th-century Czech Music" will be delivered at
the McIntosh Theater by Zdenka Brodska and Karla Hartl
Lecture starts at 7:00 p.m. / Concert starts at 8:00 p.m. Free admission
JANUARY 24
WDET Detroit, United States
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Interviews with Timothy Cheek, Karla Hartl, Melody Racine and Caroline Helton,
with excerpts from Kapralova's music
Script and host: Celeste Headlee
Morning edition (6:30-8:30 a.m.). Broadcast to Southeastern Michigan, Northern Ohio, and Windsor
JANUARY 20
CISM FM, Quebec, Canada
WOV program #101
Kapralova: Partita
Jiri Skovajsa (pno.) and Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek (cond.)
The program starts at 12:00 noon EST
JANUARY 20
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
Kapralova: April Preludes
Jenny Lin (pno.)
Concert starts at 5:00 p.m.
JANUARY 10
Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Tchaikovsky, Martinu
Kapralova: Concertino for violin, clarinet, and orchestra
WORLD PREMIERE CONCERT PERFORMANCE
Hradec Kralove Philharmonic with Tomas Hanus (cond.), Pavel Wallinger (violin), and Pavel Busek (clarinet)
Concert starts at 19:30
JANUARY 9
Orchestral Studio of the Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Vinohradska 12, Prague, Czech Republic
Concert from the Studio I
Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Martinu, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Irena Houkalova (voice), Jaroslav Saroun (pno.)
Live broadcast hosted by Jiri Vejvoda. Concert starts at 20:00
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