concerts | broadcasts | in 2004
DECEMBER 14-JANUARY 31
Knihovna Jiriho Mahena, Brno, Czech Republic
"Zena mezi peti linkami"
An exhibit commemorating the life of Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova
DECEMBER 14
Knihovna Jiriho Mahena, Brno, Czech Republic
Spolecnost Vitezslavy Kapralove and Knihovna Jiriho Mahena present:
"Zena mezi peti linkami"
Vitezslava Kapralova: Festive Fanfare (world premiere)
Karel Valenta (cor.), Stepan Ruda, Vit Otahal (tr.), Stanislav Cajka (trbn), Martin Kupka (tb), Josef Cecava (cond.)
Opening of an exhibit commemorating Czech composer Vitezslava Kapralova
DECEMBER 11
HAMU, Lichtenstein Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
Mozart, Chopin, Martinu, Kapralova: Variations sur le Carilon
Jarmila Kozderkova (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
DECEMBER 2
Sal Zdenky Podhajske, Namesti Kinskych, Prague, Czech Republic
Bohuslav Martinu Society (Brno) and ZUS of Vitezslava Kapralova present:
"Setkavani v prostoru a case"
Vitezslava Kapralova: Andante and Vivo from April Preludes
Jakub Kozak
Dramaturg/Speaker: Jarmila Mrackova
NOVEMBER 30
Prague, Czech Republic
The FOK Chamber Series
Dvorak, Martinu, Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Kapralova Quartet
NOVEMBER 27
Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
The Edmonton Chamber Music Society Concert Series
Dvorak, Kapralova: String Quartet
Kapralova Quartet
Concert starts at 20:00
NOVEMBER 22
ZUS Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Janacek, Martinu, Kapralova
Jan Jirasky (pno.), Moravian Quartet
The concert starts at 19:00
NOVEMBER 22
National Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Partita, op. 20
Ballet ensemble of the National Theatre Brno
Conductor: Milan Kanak. Choreography: Hana Litterova, Zdenek Prokes, Petr Zuska.
Program starts at 19:00
NOVEMBER 21
Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Dvorak, Kapralova: String Quartet
Kapralova Quartet
Concert starts at 14:00
NOVEMBER 20
National Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Partita, op. 20
Ballet ensemble of the National Theatre Brno
Conductor: Milan Kanak. Choreography: Hana Litterova, Zdenek Prokes, Petr Zuska.
Program starts at 19:00
NOVEMBER 19
National Theatre, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Partita, op. 20
Ballet ensemble of the National Theatre Brno
Conductor: Milan Kanak. Choreography: Hana Litterova, Zdenek Prokes, Petr Zuska.
Program starts at 19:00
NOVEMBER 19
Palffy Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: For Ever
Kimberly Haynes [S], Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 18.30
NOVEMBER 16
Polskie Radio, Warszawa, Poland
Smetana, Janacek, Korte, Kapralova: April Preludes
Igor Ardasev (pno.)
Broadcast of the April 20 performance. Program starts at 13:05
NOVEMBER 8
Komorni sal, JAMU, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: For Ever
Kimberly Haynes [S], Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
NOVEMBER 6
Kastiel' Dolna Krupa, Slovakia
The Slovak National Museum & Museum of Music, in partnership with the US Embassy present:
Kapralova: For Ever
Kimberly Haynes [S], Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 17:00
NOVEMBER 2
Australian Broadcasting Commission, Classic FM, Australia
In Performance
Kapralova: String Quartet
Kapralova Quartet
Broadcast starts at 20:00
OCTOBER 15
Bloch Performing Hall, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States
The West Virginia University Women and Creativity Conference
Kapralova: Burlesque, Elegy
Laura Kobayashi (vl.), Susan Keith Gray (pno.)
The lecture-recital starts at 9:00 a.m.
OCTOBER 14
Maly sal Mestske knihovny, Prague, Czech Republic
Rebelujici damy cesky hudby
Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Kapralova Quartet
Host: Ales Opekar. Concert starts at 19:30
OCTOBER 14
Richard Attenborough Centre, The Leicester University, Lancaster Rd, Leicester, U.K.
Brahms, Massenet, Monti, Dvorak, Kapralova: Pieces for violin and piano
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Mariko Terashi (pno.)
Concert starts at 12.45 p.m. Admission by donation
OCTOBER 13
Radio Vltava, Prague, Czech Republic
Zivot klaviristy: Matiné z Brna s Jaroslavem Smykalem
Kapralova: April Preludes
Jaroslav Smykal
Broadcast starts at 10:15 am
OCTOBER 12
St Andrew Church, Church Street, Rugby, U.K.
Brahms, Massenet, Monti, Dvorak, Kapralova: Pieces for violin and piano
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Mariko Terashi (pno.)
Concert starts at 13:00. Admission by donation
OCTOBER 10
Palffy's Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
The Fibich Society, in collaboration with the Czech Music Society, presents:
The 7th International Festival of Concert Melodrama
Kovarovic, Smetana, Fibich, Suk, Foerster, Ostrcil, Vycpalek, Jeremias, Zich, and Kapralova: "To Karel Capek"
Hana Maciuchova [narr.], Ivan Straus (vl.), Miroslav Sekera (pno.)
The Opening Night concert at 18:30. With an introduction by Vera Sustikova
OCTOBER 9
Northside Community Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Celebrate an Evening of Song
Rossini, Poulenc, Turina, Weil, Kapralova: Waving Farewell, For Ever
Kira Slovacek (soprano), Thomas Bandy (pno.)
Concert starts at 20:00
SEPTEMBER 23
Minoritsky klaster, Opava, Czech Republic
47th Edition of the Bezrucova Opava Festival: Woman in the Arts
Concert "Hudba rodu zenskeho II"
Kapralova: From My Very First Compositions (Lost in Thoughts, In the Realm of Myths);
April Prelude No. 2
Nela Klimova, Jana Pelikanova (pno.)
Concert starts at 18:00
SEPTEMBER 16
Slezske divadlo, Opava, Czech Republic
47th Edition of the Bezrucova Opava Festival: Woman in the Arts
Concert "Hudba rodu zenskeho"
Jirackova, Loudova, Dvorakova, Vitaskova, Kapralova: Partita, op. 20
Katerina Honova (pno.), Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra of Ostrava and Petr Chromcak (cond.)
Concert starts at 19:00
SEPTEMBER 19
Balch Auditorium, The Scripps College Music Department, Claremont, CA
Faure, Schoenberg, Pizzetti, Kapralova: Songs
Jennifer Goltz (soprano) and Gayle Blackenburg (pno.)
Concert starts at 15:00
SEPTEMBER 14
The University of Michigan School of Music, Recital Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan>
Pizzetti, Poulenc, Debussy, Pfitzner, Kapralova: Waving Farewell
Caroline Helton (voice)
Concert starts at 20:00
SEPTEMBER 9
Hotel u Loubu, Tri Studne, Czech Republic
Hotel u Loubu presents:
Kapralova: Childhood Compositions (After the Battle of the White Mountain,
Lost in Thoughts, Valse Triste, Longing), April Preludes No. 2 & 4
Katerina Kraftova, Jakub Kozak (pno.)
Concert starts at 16:00
SEPTEMBER 5
Sveriges Radio P2, Sweden
Mitt I Musiken
Kapralova: Lullaby (Apple from the Lap, op. 10), April Preludes, Military Sinfonietta,
Partita
Broadcast starts at 12:03 p.m.
AUGUST 30
Sveriges Radio P2, Sweden
Mitt I Musiken
Kapralova: Lullaby (Apple from the Lap, op. 10), April Preludes, Military Sinfonietta,
Partita
Broadcast of the music released by Studio Matous (1998) and Supraphon (2003)
starts at 15:00
AUGUST 8
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Wisconsin, USA
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society presents:
2004 Summer Chamber Music Festival
Dvorak, Janacek, Schulhoff, Kapralova: Ritornel for cello and piano
Anthony Ross (vlc.), Jeffrey Sykes (pno.)
Concert starts at 14:30 and 19:30
AUGUST 7
Music Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus, USA
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society presents:
2004 Summer Chamber Music Festival
Dvorak, Janacek, Schulhoff, Kapralova: Ritornel for cello and piano
Anthony Ross (vlc.), Jeffrey Sykes (pno.)
Pre-concert lecture by Timothy Cheek. Concert starts at 19:30
AUGUST 6
Opera House, Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society presents:
2004 Summer Chamber Music Festival
Dvorak, Janacek, Schulhoff, Kapralova: Ritornel for cello and piano
Anthony Ross (vlc.), Jeffrey Sykes (pno.)
Pre-concert lecture by Timothy Cheek. Concert starts at 19:30
AUGUST 3
Radio Amsterdam FM 106.8, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vitezslava Kapralova: Songs
Dana Buresova (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Broadcast starts at 11:00
JULY 25
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Smetana, Janacek, Korte, Kapralova: April Preludes
Igor Ardasev (pno.)
Broadcast of the April 20 performance. Program starts at 16:30
JULY 25
Hillside Theater, Taliesin, Wisconsin, USA
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society presents:
2004 Summer Chamber Music Festival
Dvorak, Martinu, Svoboda, Kapralova: Elegy (1939)
Frank Almond (vl.), Jeffrey Sykes (pno.)
Concert starts at 14:30 and 19:30
JULY 24
Music Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus, USA
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society presents:
2004 Summer Chamber Music Festival
Dvorak, Martinu, Svoboda, Kapralova: Elegy (1939)
Frank Almond (vl.), Jeffrey Sykes (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
JULY 23
Opera House, Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society presents:
2004 Summer Chamber Music Festival
Dvorak, Martinu, Svoboda, Kapralova: Elegy (1939)
Frank Almond (vl.), Jeffrey Sykes (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
JULY 22
Bel Canto Northwest Vocal Institute, Central Library, Portland, Oregon, USA
The Art of Song: Janacek, Dvorak, Kapralova: song cycle For Ever
Arielle Rosenberg (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
JULY 14
Hall Auditorium, Bay View, Michigan
Bay View Music Festival
Dvorak, Martinu, Vitezslava Kapralova: song cycle For Ever
Risa Renae Harman (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Pre-concert lecture by Timothy Cheek at 19:00 at the Crouse Chapel, Bay View.
Concert at the Auditorium at 20:00
JULY 8-16
Gothic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit and Church of the Assumption of St. Mary, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
The Alliance for Arts and Understanding
Alliance World Festivals for Men and Boys Singing
Music of Bernstein, Rutter, Schubert, Dvorak, and Kapralova: Maticce (To Mother)
The Boychoir of Ann Arbor, with Thomas Strode, conductor
JULY 7
Gartensall Schloss Obershofen, Stadt Thun, Switzerland
FRAU UND MUSIC
Works by Czech composer Kapralova
Kapralova Quartet, Marianne Keller (flute)
Concert starts at 20:00
JULY 7
ZUS, Bechyne, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Childhood Compositions (Longing, Before the Long Journey, Valse Triste)
Katerina Kraftova (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
JUNE 30
WPRB 103.3 FM, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Classical Discoveries
Kapralova: String Quartet
Host: Marvin Rosen
Program hours: 6:00-11:00 a.m. [US Eastcoast time]
Program details
JUNE 6
Zamek, Slavkov u Brna
The 8th Concentus Moraviae Festival of 13 Cities
Vycpalek, Rejcha, Novak-Zemek, J. Novak, Martinu, Kapralova: Variations sur le Carillon,
op. 16
Petra Besa (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
JUNE 6
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Liberty at Third, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Music of Bernstein, Rutter, Schubert, Dvorak, and Kapralova: Maticce (To Mother)
The Boychoir of Ann Arbor, with Thomas Strode, conductor
Program starts at 16:00
JUNE 3
Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA
A Nightingale in Spring
Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt, Wolf, Milhaud, Kapralova: Apple from the Lap, op. 10
Carola Emrich-Fisher (mezzo), Sadie Danforth Brightman (pno.)
Concert starts at 20:00
MAY 29
Sal B.Martinu, Hotel u Loubu, Tri Studne, Czech Republic
Music by Martinu, Kapralova, Kapral, Kricka, Novak, Stamitz
Performers TBA
MAY 29
Melrose Highlands Congregational Church, Melrose, MA
Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt, Wolf, Milhaud, Kapralova:
Apple from the Lap, op. 10
Carola Emrich-Fisher (mezzo), Sadie Danforth Brightman (pno.)
Concert starts at 3:00 p.m.
MAY 21
ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: April Preludes
Jakub Kozak (pno.)
MAY 19
Wolfinsohn Room, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
A Nightingale in Spring
Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt, Wolf, Milhaud, Kapralova:
Apple from the Lap, op. 10
Carola Emrich-Fisher (mezzo), Sadie Danforth Brightman (pno.)
Concert starts at 20:00
MAY 5 and 8
AnnArborAlive, Michigan, USA
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 (mezzo), Caroline Helton (soprano), Melody Racine (mezzo), Anthony Elliot [vcl],
Marcia Porter (soprano)
Broadcast at 8:00, 13:00, 17:00, and 20:00 (Eastern Daylight Time) on Classical Channel
www.A3radio.com
MAY 5
HAMU, Galerie, Lichtenstejnsky palac, Prague, Czech Republic
Dvorak, Bononcini, Smetana, Mozart, Verdi, Bach, Bellini, Gounoud, Kapralova
Lucie Bartova, Miroslav Urbanek (voice), Lada Bartosova (pno.)
The graduation concert starts at 19:30
MAY 2
Lake Placid Centre for the Arts, USA
Hearthside Performance Series
Kapralova: For Ever (from For Ever, op. 12)
Jill Pearon (soprano), Kirk Severtson (pno.)
Concert starts at 16:00
APRIL 21
ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove, Brno, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Childhood compositions (Touha, Na dalekou cestu, Valse triste)
Katerina Kraftova (pno.)
Program starts at 18:00
APRIL 20
Besedni dum, Brno, Czech Republic
The Brno Philharmonic Chamber Series
Smetana, Janacek, Korte, Kapralova: April Preludes
Igor Ardasev (pno.)
Program starts at 19:30
APRIL 12
Czech Radio 7 (Praha), Prague, Czech Republic
La musique, miroir du printemps et du coeur. Vitezslava Kapralova and Bohuslav Martinu.
Excerpts from April Preludes
Jaroslav Smykal (pno.)
Script: Vaclav Richter
APRIL 4
Northside Presbyterian Church/St Aidan's Episcopal Church, 1679 Broadway,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Women Composers' Collage Concert
Kapralova: song cycles Two Songs and For Ever
Rachal Solomon (soprano), Dianna Dumpel (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 14:00
MARCH 26
Crane School of Music, SUNY-Postdam, Postdam, NY, USA
Kapralova: For Ever (from: For Ever, op. 12)
Jill Pearon (soprano), Kirk Severtson (pno.)
Concert starts at 19:30
MARCH 23
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Musica Moderna: Jan Grossmann, Zdenek Lukas, Alexej Fried, Vitezslava Kapralova:
Legend, op. 3/1
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Jacqueline Metcalf (pno.)
Script/Host: Jiri Teml
The program starts at 23:15
MARCH 21
Britton Recital Hall, U-M School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kapralova: Two Songs, op. 4
Rachal Solomon (soprano), Janna Vinson (pno.)
Concert starts at 12:00 p.m.
MARCH 4
Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester, UK
Brahms, Rachmaninov, Quilter, Kapralova: Legend
Iva Fleischhansova (vl.), Mariko Terashi (pno.)
Concert starts at 12:45 p.m.
MARCH 3
WPRB 103.3 FM, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
"In Praise of Woman" - Part 1
Kapralova: Seconds
Dana Buresova (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Host: Marvin Rosen. Program hours: 6:00-11:00 a.m.
FEBRUARY 26
ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove, Brno, Czech Republic
Bohuslav Martinu Society (Brno) and ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove present:
Zakem a ucitelem
Martinu, Suk, J. Novak, Kapralova: Variations sur le Carillon
Petra Besa-Pospisilova (pno.)
Program starts at 19:00
FEBRUARY 21
BBC Radio 3, London, United Kingdom
CD Review
Vitezslava Kapralova: Hands (from: For Ever, op.12)
Dana Buresova (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Host: Andrew McGregor
Program starts at 9:00 a.m.
FEBRUARY 3
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Rondo. Kriticke sondy do sveta kompaktnich disku.
Vitezslava Kapralova v pisnich (Vitezslava Kapralova in songs)
Morning (Two Songs, op. 4), January for voice and quintet, Hands (For Ever, op. 12), Posthumous Variation (Seconds, op. 18), Song of Your Absence (Sung into the Distance, op. 22), Letter
Dana Buresova (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.), Magda Caslavova (flute) and
members of the Herold Quartet (Supraphon 2003 recording)
Writer/Host: Bohuslav Vitek
The 30-minute program starts at 9:00 a.m.
FEBRUARY 1
Northside Presbyterian Church/St Aidan's Episcopal Church,
1679 Broadway, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Women Composers' Collage Concert
Kapralova: songs Waving Farewell and For Ever
Kira Slovacek (soprano), Dianna Dumpel (soprano), Timothy Cheek (pno.)
Concert starts at 14:00
JANUARY 21
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Akademie. Zeny slavnych muzu III.
Kulinska, Kapralova
Military Sinfonietta, Grotesque Passacaglia, Waving Farewell, Partita (I. Allegretto energico)
Tomas Visek, Jiri Skovajsa (pno.), Vilem Pribyl [T], Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek (cond.)
Writer/Host: Eva Ociskova. Director: Marketa Jahodova.
Program starts at 20:00
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