concerts | broadcasts | events | in 2019

December 15
AntoniterCityKirche, Koeln, Germany
Weihnachtskonzert 2019
Humperdinck, Larsson, Anderson, Mel Bonis, Kapralova: Christmas Prelude
Rainbow Symphony Cologne, conducted by Mary Ellen Kitchens
The concert starts at 3 PM

November 28
Sal Centra Bohuslava Martinu, Policka, Czech Republic
Spolek Nas Martinu presents:
Bohuslav Martinu a jeho zaci/Martinu and his pupils
B. Martinu, J. Novak, V. Kapralova: Works for violin and piano
Czechoslovak Chamber Duo

November 25
BBC Radio 3, London, United Kingdom
Radio 3 in Concert: Serenades and variations
Brahms, Britten, Clara Schumann, Dvorak, Caudioso, Kapralova: Variations sur le carillon
Giorgio Koukl, piano
The broadcast starts at 19:30

November 24
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
von Bingen, Carreno, Kapralova: Partita for piano and strings
Cornell Chamber Orchestra with Katherine Kilburn, cond.
The concert starts at 3 PM. Free admission

November 24
Foyer Grosse Buhne, Theater Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Sachers Musikalische Wunderkammer: Musik von Bohuslav Martinu und Vitezslava Kapralova
A collaboration of Theater Basel, Sinfonieorchester Basel, the 25th Martinu Festival and the Kapralova Society
Music by Martinu and Kapralova: Leden (January) for voice and quintet, Love Carol for voice and piano country premiere
Kristina Stanek, mezzosoprano; Sarah Brady, soprano; Stephen Delaney, pno.; Rahel Leuenberger, flute; and members of the Sinfonieorchester Basel
The concert starts at 11:00 a.m.

November 17
Ferst Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Holiday Concert
Strauss, Andreson, Williams, Mancini, Kapralova: Prelude de Noel
Georgia Tech Chamber Orchestra conducted by Chaowen Ting
The concert starts at 3 PM

November 17
NVUSD District Auditorium, Napa, California, USA
NVYS Fall Concert: European Crossroads
Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Kapralova: Suita rustica
Napa Valley Youth Symphony
The concert starts at 3 PM

November 9
Czech Heritage Museum and Genealogy Center, Temple, Texas, USA
Czech Heritage Museum presents:
Kapralova: April Preludes
Karolina Syrovatkova, piano
The evening starts at 6:30 PM

October 31
Divadlo Viola, Prague, Czech Republic
Komorni koncerty Symf. orch. FOK/Prague Symphony Orchestra presents:
Hudebne-literarni pasmo "Z listu Vitezslavy Kapralove"
Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Kapralova Quartet
with Tatjana Medvecka, rec.

October 13
Kunstgarden, Graz, Austria
(Deutsch) Musikalischer Vortrag REBECCA CLARKE: 100 JAHRE SPÄTER
Adolpha Le Beau, Rebecca Clarke, Konstantia Gourzi, Vita Kapralova: Elegy (arr. for viola by Irma Servatius) country premiere
Brigitta Demus, piano; Irma Servatius, viola
The recital begins at 5 PM

October 13
Fort Howard Hall, Weidner Center, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA
American International Czech and Slovak Voice Competition
Kapralova: Osirely, Navzdy
Julia Laird, soprano, James Henry Benson, tenor; Timothy Cheek, piano
Final round, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

October 12
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Mendelssohn, Bitova, Kapralova: Suita rustica, op. 19
MIT Symphony Orchestra with Evan Ziporyn, cond.
Details TBA

October 12
Fort Howard Hall, Weidner Center, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA
American International Czech and Slovak Voice Competition
Kapralova: Jarni pout, Pisen na vrbovou pistalku, Cim je muj zal, Jitro, Navzdy, Smutny vecer
Elizaveta Agladze, Nikita Silay Labdon, Justyna Kopec, Julia Laird, Eva Bodorova, Amy Moodie, sopranos; Timothy Cheek, piano
Semi-final round, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

October 10
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Noon Concert
Janacek, Blazek, Kapralova: Suite en miniature
The Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, cond. by Rostislav Haliska
The broadcast starts at 12 PM

October 5
Vila Tugendhat, Brno, Czech Republic
Moravian Autumn Festival 2019 presents:
Martinu, Kapralova: Sbohem a satecek
Lada Bockova, soprano; Marta Vaskova, pno.
The recital starts at 5 PM

October 3
Besedni dum, Brno, Czech Republic
Moravian Autumn Festival 2019 presents:
Martinu: Songs / Kapralova: Ostinato Fox
Giorgio Koukl, piano; Jana Hrochova, mezzosoprano
The recital starts at 7 PM

September 26
Turun Konservatorio, Turku, Finland
Turun Konservatorio presents:
Voice and piano recital ALONG THE SECRET PATH
Kapralova – Dvorak – Ravel – Clarke – Berg – Britten
Elisaveta Rimkevitch, soprano; Niina Ranta, piano

August 31
BBC Radio 3, London, United Kingdom
Martin Handley's Breakfast
Elgar, Sullivan, Debussy, Borodin, Corelli, Chausson, Arne, Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Liszt, Marenzio, R. Strauss, Brahms, Chaminade, Kapralova: April Prelude No. 2
Bengt Forsberg, piano
The broadcast starts at 7AM

August 25
Bon Air Presbyterian Church, Bon Air, Virginia, United States
The Richmond Chamber Players' Interlude Series
Dvorak, Janacek, Kapralova: Trio for Woodwinds
David Garcia, oboe; David Lemelin, clarinet; Tom Schneider, basoon
The concert starts at 3 PM

August 19
Mestske divadlo, Marianske lazne (Minicipal Theater, Marienbad), Czech Republic
60th Chopin Festival 2019 presents:
Chopin, Debussy, Suk, Kapralova: April Preludes
Francine Kay, piano
The piano recital starts at 8 PM

August 10
CBC, Toronto, Canada
CBC Listen presents: Centre Stage with Katherine Duncan
Dvorak, Smetana, Kapralova: April Prelude No. 2
Virginia Eskin, piano

August 9
Barge, Brooklyn, USA
Bargemusic presents:
Kapralova: April Preludes
Francine Kay, piano
The concert details TBA

July 21
95bFM, Auckland, New Zealand
The Audible World presents: 20th-century female composers
Music by Amy Beach, Germaine Tailleferre, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, Grace Williams, Elizabeth Maconchy, Geraldine Thomsen-Mucha, Grazyna Bacewicz, Galina Ustvolskaya, Lili Boulanger, and Vita Kapralova: Burlesque (arr. for electronic strings and winds by Sherine Cisco); Partita for Strings and Piano (Andantino), Military Sinfonietta
Lucie Czajkowska, piano, Brno Philharmonic conducted by Olga Machonova Pavlu, Brno Symphony conducted by Frantisek Jilek, Dana Buresova, soprano, Timothy Cheek, piano.
with DJ George Henderson

July 14
Zellerbach Garden, S.F. Botanical Garden, San Francisco, USA
Flower Piano presents: The Future is Female
Works by Helene De Montgeroult, Florence Price, and Vita Kapralova
Sarah Cahill, piano
The concert starts at 11 AM

July
Balabanov House, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
10th Balabanov’s House Music Days Festival presents: Slavic Women Composers and Poets
Kapralova: Jitro, op. 4/1 country premiere
Theodora Nestorova, soprano; Margarita Ilieva, piano

June 22
Music Room, Waterloo, Canada
Waterloo Chamber Music Society presents:
chopin, Debussy, Suk, Kapralova: April Preludes
Francine Kay, piano
The concert starts at 8 p.m.

June 21
Castle, Velke Mezirici, Czech Republic
The 24th Concentus Moraviae presents:
Richter, Martinu, Kapralova: String Quartet
Kapralova Quartet
The concert starts at 19:30

June 16
Theater Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Zangria Choir presents songs by Czech and Slovak Composers:
Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek, Suchon, Kapralova: Pisen milostna, Sbohem a satecek, Cim je muj zal, Leden
Zangria Choir soloists and other musicians
Performances start at 15:00

June 15
Theater Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Zangria Choir presents songs by Czech and Slovak Composers:
Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek, Suchon, Kapralova: Pisen milostna, Sbohem a satecek, Cim je muj zal, Leden. Country premiere
Zangria Choir soloists and other musicians
Performances start at 20:15

June 7
Classical Music Podcast
The Four Women album: Price, Kapralova, Bilsland, Bonds
Samantha Ege, pno.
Interview with the pianist will sample music from the album. Produced by Classical Music Podcast presented by Leah Broad.

June 6
22 Mansfield Street, London, UK
The Emmy Destinn Young Singers Awards Concert
Kapralova: Sparks from Ashes
Erika Madi Jones, soprano

May 14
Czech Museum of Music, Prague, Czech Republic
Masterworks: Music by women composers
Clara Schumann, Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Susan Martin, Vita Kapralova
Prague Singers and Soloists and Charles University Ochestra and Choir, cond. by Haig Utidjian
The concert starts at 19:30. Free admission

May 12
BBC Radio 3, London, UK
Sunday morning show "Breakfast" presents:
Vitezslava Kapralova: Suita rustica (2nd movement)
Brno Philharmonic, cond. Jiri Pinkas
The program starts at 7:00 a.m.

May 12
Taidekoti Kirpilä, Helsinki, Finland
Vitezslava Kapralova: Navzdy (Forever), op. 12 country premiere
Elisaveta Rimkevitch, soprano; Niina Ranta, piano

April 28
Kings Place, London, UK
The Venus Unwrapped Concert Series presents:
Dvorak: Serenade for Strings; Martinu: Partita for Strings; Kapralova: Partita for Piano and Strings
Noriko Ogawa, pno; English Symphony Orchestra with Kenneth Woods
The concert starts at 3:30

April 28
Central Washington University Department of Music, USA
Musica nova presents: Music by women
Purrington, Larsen, Banchero, Decruck, Brower, Hagen, Kapralova: Leden for voice and quintet
Gayla Blaisdell, soprano; Hal Ott, flute; Carrie Rehkopf, violin; Michelle Rahn, viola; John Michel, cello; Nikolas Caoile, piano
The concert starts at 3 PM

April 27
Bethlehem United Church of Christ, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Santoliquido: I poemi del sole, Verdi: “Recordare” (Requiem), Adams: Nightsongs, Rossini: “Inflammatus” (Stabat Mater), Kapralova: songs Navzdy, op. 12 (For Ever)
Anjani Briggs, soprano, Nicholas Roehler, piano
The concert starts at 5:00 pm

April 26
BBC Radio 3, London, UK
"Essential Classics" presents:
Vitezslava Kapralova: April Preludes (Nos 3 and 4)
Bengt Forsberg
The program starts at 9:00 a.m.

April 26-December 29
Naprstkovo museum, Prague, Czech Republic
"In her own voice": 25 women who defied their gender roles and made history.
An exhibition curated by Jitka Gelnarova

April 24
Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain
The Boulangers and Their Pupils III
El piano en la Escuela de Nadia Boulanger/The Piano at Nadia Boulanger's Master School
Francaix, Armengol, N. Boulanger, L. Boulanger, Piazzolla, Glass, Copland, Kapralova: Five Piano Pieces, April Preludes country premiere
Marta Zabaleta, piano
The recital starts at 19:30, with a pre-recital interview at 19:00
Marta Zabaleta interviewed by Juan Manuel Viana

April 15
Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio
Lili Boulanger, Libby Larsen, Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore, Yan Fang, Vita Kapralova: Navzdy/For Ever, op. 12
Heidi Middendorf, soprano and Yehong Shi, piano
The recital starts at 7:30 p.m.

April 8
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Dopis / Letter
Dana Buresova, soprano and Timothy Cheek, piano (from the Supraphon recording)
The broadcast starts at 12:10 PM

April 4
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Chamber Music Female Composer Series:
Farrenc, Smyth, Le Beau, Bosmans, Kapralova: April Preludes. country premiere
Myriam Roycroft, cello and Lance Coburn, piano
The concert starts at 7:30 PM

April 4
WGTE-FM classical, Toledo, Ohio
Kapralova: Jitro/Morning for voice and piano; Leden/January for voice and quintet
Dana Buresova, soprano and Timothy Cheek, piano (from the Supraphon recording)
Interviews with the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music (Timothy Cheek at 10:30 a.m.)
Stay tuned for more details.

March 28
Recital Studio, City Hall, Hong Kong
Duo Recital
Kapralova: April Preludes no. 1 and 2 country premiere
Samantha Ege, piano
The concert starts at 12:00 PM

March 22-23
The Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, Texas
Masterworks VI: Creative Expressions. Celebrating Women Composers
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Overture; Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps; Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto; Jennifer Higdon: Concerto 4-3; Vita Kapralova: Suita rustica
Austin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Bay
The concert starts at 8:00 PM. Visit the presenter's website for details and tickets

March 18
Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore
The Music Herstories Series
Kapralova: April Preludes no. 1 and 2
Samantha Ege, piano
The concert starts at 7:30 PM

March 14
Kulturforum Franziskanerkloster, Paterskirche, Kempen, Germany
Komponisten und ihre Musen | Kammermusik
Clara and Robert Schumann, Holmes and Franck, Martinu and Kapralova: Ritournelle pour violoncelle et piano, op. 25
Steven Isserlis, violoncello; Connie Shih, piano
The concert starts at 8 pm

March 8
BBC Radio 3, London, UK
Sunday morning show "Breakfast" presents:
Vitezslava Kapralova: Suita rustica (3rd movement)
Brno Philharmonic, cond. Jiri Pinkas
The program starts at 7:00 a.m.

March 7
Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, USA
Schumann, Suk, Chopin, Debussy, Kapralova: April Preludes
Francine Kay, piano
The faculty recital starts at 7:30 PM. Admission free.

March 7
Escuela Superior de Canto in Madrid, Spain
The ELLAS CREAN festival presents:
PULSOS '19: Art songs by women composers, from Iceland to Cuba
Jórunn Vidar, Elfrida Andrée, Elizabeth Maconchy, Liza Lehmann, Cecile Chaminade, Fanny Hensel, Carlotta Ferrari, Alma Mahler, Mathilde Kralik, Vitezslava Kapralova (songs Jitro and Navzdy), country premiere Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Emiliana de Zubeldía, Rosa Mercedes Ayarza, and Gisela Hernández.
Laura Fernandez Orueta, Carmen Busquets, Alejandro Sanchez, Willingerd Jimenez, Luisa Bringas, Tania Menendez, Annya Pinto, Jessica Bogado, Monica Redondo, Helene Garcia, Miriam Montero, Gabriel Mas, Mariana Otero, Clara Corrales, Camila Oria, Lucia Pernia
The concert starts at 19:30

March 6
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Washington, USA
Washington Performing Arts presents:
“Composers and Their Muses”
Clara and Robert Schumann, Holmes and Franck, Martinu and Kapralova: Ritournelle pour violoncelle et piano, op. 25
Steven Isserlis, violoncello; Connie Shih, piano
The concert starts at 7:30 pm

March 5
University of Wisconsin, USA
Czech and Slovak Song Recital
Songs of Dvorak, Kapralova (Koleda milostná), Schneider-Trnavský, Cikker, Suchon, and Eben
Matthew Markham, baritone; Sarah Meredith Livingston, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Cheek, piano
The recital starts at 7:30 pm

March 4
College de Maisonneuve, Montreal, Canada
Women Composers: A lecture with audio files
Kapralova: April Preludes for Piano, Elegy for Violin and Piano
Virginia Eskin, piano; Gerard Kantarjan, violin and Antonin Kubalek, piano
The 3-hour lecture presented by Guy Sauve will start at 1:15 pm

March 3
Hereford Shirehall, UK
Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Martinu, Kapralova: Partita for Piano and Strings, op. 20
Noriko Ogawa, piano; English Symphony Orchestra with Kenneth Woods
The concert details TBA

February 28
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton University, USA
Princeton University Concerts presents, as a part of their 125th Anniversary Series,
“Composers and Their Muses”
Clara and Robert Schumann, Holmes and Franck, Martinu and Kapralova: Ritournelle pour violoncelle et piano, op. 25
Steven Isserlis, violoncello; Connie Shih, piano
The concert starts at 8 pm, the pre-concert lecture by Ruth Ochs at 7 pm.

February 26
Faculty of Arts, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Piano Oeuvre of Vitezslava Kapralova / A lecture by Alice Rajnohova
Details TBA

February 14
Centre Tcheque, Paris, France
Hommage a Bohuslav Martinu et ses eleves Vitezslava Kapralova et Jan Novak
Martinu, Novak, Kapralova: Elegie; Novorocni (arr. for flute and piano)
Clara Novakova, flute; Dora Willington Novak, piano
The recital starts at 19:30

February 8
Kleiner Saal, ElbPhilharmonie building, Hamburg, Germany
Berg, Szymanowski, Brahms, Catoire, Bridge, Skrjabin, Debussy, Kapralova: April Preludes
Christophe Sirodeau, piano
The recital starts at 19:05 CET

February 3
Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Germany
Iskandar, Bartok, Kapralova: Piano Concerto in D Minor
Yejin Gil, pno. and Bochumer Symphoniker conducted by Steven Sloane
Broadcast of the October 27, 2018 live performance starts at 21:05 CET.
It will be streamed over the internet

February 2
GC De Corren, Steenokkerzeel, Belgium
vitezslava Kapralova: April Preludes, op. 13
Alice Rajnohova, piano
The concert starts at 20:00

February 2
Faculty of Arts, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic
GRADUS AD PARNASSUM: The 4th Annual Festival of Instructive Piano Music
Martinu, Kapralova: Works for piano
The faculty and students
The concert starts at 18:00 CET. See this schedule for other festival events

February 1
Faculty of Arts, Ostrava University, Ostrava, Czech Republic
GRADUS AD PARNASSUM: The 4th Annual Festival of Instructive Piano Music
Piano works of Vitezslava Kapralova and Bohuslav Martinu / Lecture by Ivana Kalina Tabak
The lecture starts at 14:00 CET. See this schedule for other festival events

January 23
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Odpoledni koncert / The Afternoon Concert
Vaclav Kapral: Idylky for chamber orchestra, Uspavanky for voice and orchestra; Vitezslava Kapralova: Sonata appassionata for piano, Partita for Piano and Strings
Alice Rajnohova, Lucie Czajkowska, piano; Brno Philharmonic cond. by Olga Machonova Pavlu
The broadcast starts at 3 PM

January 15
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Odpoledni koncert / Afternoon Concert
Vitezslava Kapralova: Navzdy, op. 12, for voice and piano
Klara Kartakova, voice; Zdenka Ledvinova, piano
The broadcast starts at 3 PM

January 9
Henry Travers Studio, The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland, UK
Haydn, Dvorak, Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Royal Northern Sinfonia
The concert starts at 19:00

January 5
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
CONCERT OF THE WEEK: Vitezslava Kapralova
April Preludes, op. 13 for piano; Tales of a Small Flute (1940); Legend, op. 3/1 for violin and piano; Forever, op. 12 for higher voice and piano; Sonata Appassionata, op. 6 for piano (2nd movement); Elegy for Violin and Piano (1939); Trio for Woodwinds (1937); Ritournelle pour violoncelle et piano, op. 25; Waving Farewell, op. 14 for voice and piano
Alexandr Stary, Michal Barta, Anna Chrusciel, Dusan Brus, Anton Aslamas, piano; Alice Stepankova, flute; Alexey Aslamas, violin; Katerina Paskova, clarinet; Barbara Kaminska, oboe; Karol Goryl, bassoon; Ladislav Marias, violoncello; Patricia Janeckova, soprano
Broadcast of the November 12, 2018 live performance starts at 15:55 CET.
It will be streamed over the internet

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