concerts | broadcasts | events | in 2020

December 5
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Partitury / Scores
Wagner, Brahms, Schumann, Suk, Martinu, Kapralova: Suita rustica
State Philharmonic Brno conducted by Jiri Pinkas
The program starts at 6:00 a.m. CET

November 19
FranceMusique, Radio France, Paris, France
Musicopolis présent: Kapralova et Martinu
Partita pour piano et cordes op 20; Concerto pour clavecin et petit orchestre; Variations sur le carillon de l'église St Etienne du Mont; Tre Ricercari; Adieu et mouchoir pour orchestre
Milan Masa, pno et Philharmonie de Brno, direction Otakat Trhlik; Robert Hill, clavecin et Holst Sinfonietta, direction Klaus Simon; Giorgio Koukl, pno; Philharmonie de Prague, direction Martin Turnovsky; Zdenka Kareninova, soprano, Philharmonie de Brno, direction Jiri Pinkas
Host: Anne-Charlotte Remond. The broadcast starts at 13:03

November 6
Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI, USA
Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium presents:
Examining the forgotten music of Vitezslava Kapralova
Lecture by Megan Cichon starts at 3:15 PM
This virtual conference is held via Zoom

October 29
Polish Embassy, Ottawa, Canada
Chopin, Liszt, Machajdik, Kapralova: April Preludes no. 1, 3 and 4
Katarzyna Musial, piano
The performance is available on YouTube

October 23
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland
Vitezslava Kapralova: April Preludes
Nina Ranta, piano
The performance is available on YouTube

October 18
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Baltimore Musicales presents: "Phenomenal Women"
This virtual concert is part of Free Fall Baltimore
Price, Poldowski, Wieck Schumann, Walker, Kapralova, Mandel, Hall, Beach, Jackson King, and Kapralova: Songs
Teresa Ferrara, Angeli Ferrette, Claire Galloway, Annie Gill, and Thea Tullman Moore (voice); Patricia McKewen Amato (piano)
Featured on YouTube
This event has been made possible by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts, The Maryland State Arts Council, and BGE

September 19
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Soudoba hudba / Contemporary Music
Grossmann, M. Stedron, Nesit, Skala, A. Haba, Vetcha, Kapralova: Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon (Czech premiere)
The program starts at 0:30 a.m. CET

September 14
Czech Television for Children (Decko], Prague, Czech Republic
Hudebni perlicky / Little musical gems
Vitezslava Kapralova: Little Song (Pisnicka), arr. for violin and piano (in this arrangement world premiere)
Pavel Sporcl, vn; Petr Jirikovsky pno
The program is available online

September 4
Stony Brook University, NY, USA
Stony Brook Music Department presents:
The Piano Preludes Project 2020
Gershwin, Kapralova (April Preludes Nos. 3 and 4), Scriabin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff
Anna Betka, Daniel Anastasio, Jackie Leung, Nhi Huynh, Yerin Kim, Madeline Hildebrand, Miki Aoki, Arielle Levioff, Marlene McCarthy, Spencer Myer, Seba Ali
Featured on YouTube

August 30
State Opera, Prague, Czech Republic.
The 'Musica Non Grata' Series
Zemlinsky, Martinu, Kapralova: Piano Concerto in D Minor
Alice Rajnohova, pno., with State Opera Orchestra conducted by Karl Heinz Steffens
The concert starts at 19:00

July 26
95bFM Auckland, New Zealand
The Audible World podcast series
Prokofiev, Price, Saint-Georges, Martinu, Kapralova: Legend for violin and piano (1933)
Dawn Wohn, violin, Esther Park, piano (from the 2019 Delos Productions CD recording)

July 21
BBC Radio 3, London, UK
Breakfast
Kapralova: Forever songs, op. 12
Olena Tokar, soprano; Igor Gryshyn, piano
Host: Petroc Trelawny. The morning show starts at 6:30, Kapralova's songs are the last on the program list.

July 8
Czech Radio International, Prague, Czech Republic.
Czech Heroines podcast series
Kapralova: Military Sinfonietta
State Brno Symphony orchestra cond. by Frantisek Jilek (from the 1998 Studio Matous CD recording)

May 22
Jiraskovo divadlo, Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic.
Cyklus komornich koncertu / The Chamber Music Series
Arbor and The Kapralova Society present:
Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Kapralova Quartet
Tatjana Medvecka will read from Kapralova's correspondence (publisher The Kapralova Society)
The program starts at 19:00

May 21
Czech Center in New York, USA
Czech Center in New York and Dvorak American Heritage Association present:
Michael Beckerman: Czech Music and Infectious Disease
Talk on the impact infectious diseases had on key Czech composers Leos Janacek, Bedrich Smetana, Vitezslava Kapralova and their music
The program starts at 7:00 PM. For details visit the event page

April 24
The Daffodil Perspective, London, UK
Kapralova: Concertino for violin, clarinet and orchestra, op. 21 (final movement)
Thomas A. Imberger, Reinhard Wieser, Wiener Concert-Verein, Doron Salomon
Podcast produced by Elizabeth de Brito, streamed online

April 12
Radio Monalisa, The Netherlands
Holscher, Lann, Hall, Mamlok, Higdon, Kapralova: Two Songs, op. 4
Dana Buresova, soprano, Timothy Cheek, piano
Broadcast starts at 12:00 PM

April 4
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Partitura
Kapralova: April Preludes
Jaroslav Smykal
Broadcast starts at 6:00 CET

March 23
Radio New Zealand National
Late Night Show "Lately" presents
The five-part classical music series "I'd Like to Talk About Women Composers"
Part III: Vita Kapralova
Host: Karyn Hay. Guest: George Henderson
The premiere broadcast starts at 9:40 PM NZ daylight savings time

March 16
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Concert Season
Beethoven, Smetana, Dvorak, Chausson, Kapralova: Military Sinfonietta
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Marko Ivanovic
Broadcast starts at 20:00 CET

March 10
The Masaryk University Faculty of Pedagogy, Brno, Czech Republic
The Moravian Composers Club presents: Young Interpreters' Days
Dvorak, Slavicky, Kapralova: Songs
Veronika Zaplatilova, voice; Marta Vaskova, piano
The recital starts at 19:00

March 10
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Partitury / Scores
Tomasek, Vanhal, Vorisek, Martinu, Slavicky, Kapralova: April Preludes
Klara Faltusova, piano
Recorded at the Festival of Instructive Piano Music in Ostrava. Broadcast starts at 4:30 AM CET

March 8
Ave Maria Radio Network, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Janacek, Delius, Martinu, Thomson-Mucha, Kapralova: Military Sinfonietta (excerpt)
Programmer/Host: Deal Wyatt Hudson. Guest: British musicologist Peter Davison
Repeat broadcast starts at 8 AM EST during the program Church and Culture

March 7
Ave Maria Radio Network, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Janacek, Delius, Martinu, Thomson-Mucha, Kapralova: Military Sinfonietta (excerpt)
Programmer/Host: Deal Wyatt Hudson. Guest: British musicologist Peter Davison
Broadcast starts at 4 PM EST during the program Church and Culture

March 7
The West Texas A&M University and The University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
The Song Collaborators Consortia Conference and Festival
Kapralova: Two Songs, op. 4
Anne Gross, voice
Details TBA

March 6
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Afternoon Concert / Odpoledni koncert
Bacewicz, Janacek, Scarlatti, Kapralova: April Preludes
Slavka Vernerova Pechocova, piano
Broadcast starts at 3 PM CET

February 19
Czech Radio D-dur, Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Piano Concerto in D Minor, op. 7
Marek Kozak, piano, and Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Jindra
Broadcast starts at 20:00

February 17
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Concert Season
Kapralova: Piano Concerto in D Minor, op. 7
Marek Kozak, piano, and Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Jindra
Live broadcast starts at 19:30. Follow this link to listen

February 17
Dvorak's Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: Piano Concerto in D Minor, op. 7
Marek Kozak, piano, and Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Jindra
The concert starts at 19:30

February 17
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Poledni koncert / Concert at Noon
Kapralova: Ritornel for cello and piano
Ivan Merka, cello, Jaroslav Smykal, piano
The broadcast starts at 12:10

February 3
Janacek Academy of Performing Arts Faculty of Music, Brno, Czech Republic
Song Recital
Kapralova: Waving Farewell for voice and piano, op. 14
Veronika Zaplatilova, soprano
The recital starts at 19:30

February 2
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Skampa Quartet
Broadcast starts at 14:30

February 1
Ostersund, Sweden
Mozart, Haas, Dvorak, Kapralova: Waving Farewell for voice and orchestra, op. 14, Suita rustica for orchestra, op. 19
Susanna Levonne, mezzosoprano with The Norrlands Opera Orchestra, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt
Performance venue and time TBA

January 31
Sundsvall, Sweden
Mozart, Haas, Dvorak, Kapralova: Waving Farewell for voice and orchestra, op. 14, Suita rustica for orchestra, op. 19
Susanna Levonne, mezzosoprano with The Norrlands Opera Orchestra, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt
Performance venue and time TBA

January 30
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: String Quartet, op. 8
Skampa Quartet
Broadcast starts at 20:00

January 30
Norrlands Opera, Umea, Sweden
Mozart, Haas, Dvorak, Kapralova: Waving Farewell for voice and orchestra, op. 14, Suita rustica for orchestra, op. 19 country premieres
Susanna Levonne, mezzosoprano with The Norrlands Opera Orchestra, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt
Performance time TBA

January 29
Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Lincoln Center, New York
Juilliard School of Music presents:
The Focus Festival 2020: Trailblazers – Pioneering Women Composers of the 20th Century
Gideon, Tailleferre, Crawford Seeger, Sutherland, von Zieritz, Kapralova: April Preludes
Keru Zhang, piano
The concert starts at 7:30 PM

January 28
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Kapralova: For Ever, op. 12
Klara Kartakova, voice; Zdenka Ledvinova, piano
Broadcast starts at 15:00

January 23
Ellensburg Community Radio, eburgradio.org, Ellensburg, WA, United States
Gathering Her Notes:
Kapralova: Elegy for Violin and Piano
Muses Trio
With Kath Fraser as your host. The broadcast starts at 1 PM

January 19
Perelman Theater, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadephia, United States
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents:
Found Voices: The New European Map
Bartok, Kodaly, Janacek, Paderewski, Bittova, Kapralova: Love Carol, Carol, Waving farewell
Sarah Shafer, soprano; Shannon McGinnis, piano
Performance starts at 3 PM

January 18
Rendell Room, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadephia, United States
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents:
Emerging Voices: Art Song & Social Connection
Masterclass of Timothy Cheek and Nicholas Phan
Kapralova: Those old melodies sound in my soul
Marta Zaliznyak, soprano; Mariya Broytman, piano
The masterclass starts at 3:30 PM

January 9
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
MusicaFemina International Symposium presents:
Gender and Creativity in Music Worlds
Ending Republican Gender Politics: Vitezslava Kapralova's Ilena, op. 15
Paper presented by Christine Fischer
The session starts at 10:15 AM

January 8
Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), Prague, Czech Republic
Afternoon Concert/Odpoledni koncert: From new recordings of Czech Radio/Z novych nahravek Ceskeho rozhlasu
Kapralova: Deux ritournelles pour violoncelle et piano, op. 25
Stepan Filipek, cello; Katelyn Bouska, pno.
Broadcast starts at 20:00

January
Terezin Music Foundation, USA
Track of the Month Series
Kapralova: April Preludes
Virginia Eskin, piano
Podcast online

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