concerts | broadcasts | in 2003
DECEMBER 4
E.M.Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Faculty Artist Recital: Works by Czech Composers
J.L.Dussek, J.H.Vorisek, V.Novak, B.Martinu, V.Kapralova: April Preludes
Erik Entwistle (pno.)
The concert starts at at 7 p.m.
NOVEMBER 30
Montreal, Canada
VII RENCONTRES MUSICALES TCHEQUES ET SLOVAQUES. Finals.
Dvorak, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Kira Slovacek (soprano)
NOVEMBER 26
Fort Howard Hall, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay
Songs of Vitezslava Kapralova. A lecture by Timothy Cheek
NOVEMBER 25
Fort Howard Hall, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay
The Czech and Slovak Song Voice Competition (semi-finals)
Gounod, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Kira Slovacek (soprano)
NOVEMBER 23
The West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas
Vitezslava Kapralova: Prélude de Noël (1939)
World premiere (first concert performance)
The West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra with Douglas Morrison (cond.)
Program details TBA
NOVEMBER 22
Studio II, The Weidner Center, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay
Songs of Vitezslava Kapralova. A lecture by Timothy Cheek
The lecture starts at 3 p.m.
NOVEMBER 21
HAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
Bach, Handel, Mozart, Schumann, Smetana, Puccini, Kapralova
Lucie Mairichova, Ladislav Elgr, Marek Sulc (voice), Ladislava Vondrackova (pno.)
Program starts at 19:30
NOVEMBER 14
Kassel, Germany
Loudova, Jirackova, Suk, Kapralova: String Quartet
Kapralova Quartet
NOVEMBER 9
Akademie Freiburg, Germany
Liedersoiree zu Texten und Musik jüdischer Künstelrinnen
Gertrud Kolmar, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, Vitezslava Kapralova
Marit Beyer (reciter), Brigitte Flörchinger (mezzo), Cornelia Mühlenhoff (pno.)
NOVEMBER 8
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Z jejich zivota. Pohledy do pracoven hudebnich skladatelu.
Vitezslava Kapralova [1915-1940]
59-min. radio documentary (in Czech)
April Preludes, Suite en miniature, Grotesque Passacaglia, For Ever, Waving Farewell, Love Carol,
Elegy, Military Sinfonietta
Jaroslav Smykal, Tomas Visek, Jarmila Drobilkova, Martin Marek, Jaroslav Saroun,
Ludmila Cermakova, Dagmar Zvonickova, Irena Houkalova, Lenka Skornickova, Jiri Tomasek,
Pilsen Radio Orchestra with Josef Blacky and the Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek
Script: Jan Hlavac. Host: Helena Cerna. Program starts at 13:00
OCTOBER 15
Mestske divadlo, Decin, Czech Republic
Rawsthorne, Suk, Martinu, Vitezslava Kapralova: Legend, Burlesque, Elegy
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Jacqueline Metcalf (pno.)
Program starts at 19:00
SEPTEMBER 2
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Dvorak, Beethoven, Milhaud, Kapralova: Suite in Miniature, op. 1
The Studio Brno program starts at 12:10 p.m.
AUGUST 27
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
MUSICA MODERNA
Nasi v zahranici (3/5). Skladatelka a dirigentka Vitezslava Kapralova.
Military Sinfonietta, April Preludes, 1st movement of String Quartet, Waving Farewell
(orch. version).
The Brno Philharmonic, Frantisek Jilek (cond.), Jaroslav Smykal (pno.), Janacek Quartet,
Vilem Pribyl (tenor)
Script and host: Ludmila Vrkocova. Program starts at 23:15.
AUGUST 25
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Suk, Dvorak, Kapralova: String Quartet, op.8
Kapralova Quartet
Broadcast of the live recording of the Kapralova Quartet concert at the
International Music Festival in Cesky Krumlov
Program starts at 20:30
AUGUST 8
Maskarni sal, Zamek v Ceskem Krumlove, Czech Republic
International Music Festival
Suk, Dvorak, Kapralova: String Quartet, op.8
Kapralova Quartet
Program starts at 19:30
JULY 19
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
JULY 18
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 10:00 a.m.
JULY 17
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 8:00 p.m.
JULY 9
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 12:00 p.m.
JULY 8
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
JULY 7
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 5:00 p.m.
JUNE 29
Hochschule für Musik Köln, Germany
Entartete Music
Schoenberg, Gershwin, Kapralova, Klein
Daniela Hlinkova (pno.)
Introduction by Dr. Hans Koschnick,
pre-recital lecture by Prof. Dr. Franz Müller-Heuser
Program starts at 19:30
JUNE 25
University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, United States
The 2003 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe
Evaluating Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova [1915-1940] through her songs.
By Timothy Cheek
Presented to the "Women in Slavic Culture and Literature" Discussion Group
JUNE 10
Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya International Chamber Music Festival
Vitezslava Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Kapralova Quartet
JUNE 8
Charlton House, Greenwich, United Kingdom
Rotary Club of Woolwich presents: Summer Bohemian Classics
Martinu, Suk, Dvorak, Lucky, Kapralova: Burlesque, Elegy, Legend
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Jacqueline Metcalf (pno.)
Program starts at 6:30 p.m.
JUNE 2
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
JUNE 1
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 11:00 a.m.
MAY 31
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 9:00 p.m.
MAY 6
Bohuslav Martinu Society, Zlin, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Variations sur le Carillon (1.Theme and Andante, 4. Quasi etude vivo, 5. Choral)
Veronika Kohoutkova (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:00
MAY 6
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
MAY 5
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 11:00 a.m.
MAY 4
University of Michigan TV, Channel 22, USA
The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Repeat broadcast. Program starts at 9:00 p.m.
APRIL 21
Museum of the American Piano, New York City
Liszt, Schönberg, Milhaud, Kapralova: Apple from the Lap, op. 10
Carola Emrich (mezzo), Jonathan Kelly (pno.)
MARCH 29
Czech Radio 7 (Praha), Prague, Czech Republic
Legados del pasado: Vitezslava Kapralova
Excerpts from: April Preludes, Military Sinfonietta, Partita, and String Quartet
Jaroslav Smykal (pno.), Brno Philharmonic and Frantisek Jilek, Jiri Skovajsa (pno.),
and Janacek Quartet
Script: Andrea Fajkusova
MARCH 24
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Projekt Melodram / The Melodrama Project
Kapralova, Kovarovic, Rebikov, Fibich, Satie, Teml, Bendl.
Script: Vera Sustikova. Host: Stanislava Strelcova. Program starts at 20:30
MARCH 20
Armand-Bombardier Theatre, McCord Museum, Montreal, Canada
Festival international du film sur l'art / International Festival of Film on Art
Czech TV documentary about life and work of Vitezslava Kapralova
Last Concertino
With excerpts from Military Sinfonietta, April Preludes, Variations, Partita,
and Concertino
Program starts at 19:00
MARCH 16
Cinquième salle, Place Des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Festival international du film sur l'art / International Festival of Film on Art
Czech TV documentary about life and work of Vitezslava Kapralova
Last Concertino
With excerpts from Military Sinfonietta, April Preludes, Variations, Partita, and
Concertino
Program starts at 14:00
MARCH 12
WPRB 103.3 FM, Princeton, United States
In Praise of Woman
Poston, Shaffer, Billington, Price, Archer, Badalla, Sutherland, L.Boulanger, Magi, Lauten, Kapralova [Military Sinfonietta], Porter, Larsen, Portman, Gardner, Bacewicz, Stanojevic, Procaccini, Cozzolani, Van De Vate, Ali-Zade, Narvilaite, Karaindrou, Eiriksdottir, Abe
Classical Discoveries Program (6-11 a.m.). Host: Marvin Rosen.
FEBRUARY 8
McIntosh Theatre, The University of Michigan School of Music
A Celebration of the Seasons in Song
Chaminade, Brahms, Poldowski, Schreker, Herbert, Adams, Reinkemeyer,
Loeffler, Strauss, Massenet, Berger, Boulanger, Wolf, Rockwell, Schumann, Saint-Saens,
Lehrer, Argento, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Bizet, Arditi and
Kapralova: Spring Song / Jarni (from: Sung into the Distance, op. 22)
Jill R. Pearon (soprano) and Kevin Bylsma (pno.)
Concert starts at 3:00 p.m.
JANUARY 29
Network Chicago, United States
Vitezslava Kapralova: "Vivo", from: April Preludes
Virginia Eskin (pno.)
98.7 WFMT at 08:57 p.m.
JANUARY 19
Britton Recital Hall, The University of Michigan School of Music
Michigan Chamber Players Series
Martinu: Piano Quartet; Kapralova: Leden (January) for voice, flute, two violins, violoncello,
and piano
[world premiere]
Caroline Helton (soprano), Amy Porter (flute), Stephen Shipps and Andrew
Jennings (violin), Anthony Elliott (violoncello), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 4:00 p.m. Free admission
JANUARY 17
Sala Soster di Palazzo Festari, Valdagno, Italy
Milena di Praga: Lettere di Milena Jesenska
With April Preludes by Vitezslava Kapralova
Claudio Canal (pno.)
Program starts at 20:30
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