BRATISLAVA MUSIC FESTIVAL

BRATISLAVA
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Reproduced painting by: Alexej Vojtášek
49th year
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Musikfestspiele Bratislava • Festival de Música de Bratislava
Bratislavské hudobné slávnosti • Fêtes de Musique de Bratislava
27. 9. – 13. 10. 2013
Main organizer
Slovak Philharmonic
as delegated by and with financial support from
the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
The festival is held under the patronage of Ivan Gašparovič,
the President of the Slovak Republic
Honorary President of the BMF – Edita Gruberova
Friday 27. 9.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Opening Concert of the 49th Year of the BMF
Slovak Philharmonic
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Miklós Perényi, cello
Eugen Suchoň Little Suite with Passacaglia, Op. 3 ESD 48b
Péter Eötvös Cello Concerto Grosso Slovak premiere
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Emmanuel Villaume, the chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic, opens this year’s
festival with three works of significant symphonic composers of the 20th century. Suchoň’s
Little Suite with Passacaglia pertains to the early creative period of the outstanding
representative of our music moderna – we commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death
this year. Péter Eötvös is a living legend of the European music avantgarde, splitting his
energy between composing and conducting with equal intensity. Two years ago his Cello
Concerto Grosso was premiered by the soloist of our opening festival concert Miklós Perényi
with Berliner Philharmoniker (just for the record – in 1975 Miklós Perényi became a laureate
of the International Rostrum of Young Performers organized by the BMF). This year 100 years
have passed since the premiere of one of indeed seminal compositions of new music. Since
then Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has become highly inspirational for many artistic genres.
Saturday 28. 9.
4.00 p.m.Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Mucha Quartet
Juraj Tomka, Ist violin
Andrej Matis, IInd violin
Veronika Prokešová, viola
Pavol Mucha, cello
Magdaléna Bajuszová, piano
Johann Nepomuk Hummel String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 30/1
Ján Levoslav Bella
String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor ‘In Hungarian Style’
Štefan Németh-ŠamorínskyPiano Quintet
Young ambitious Slovak string quartet will perform three pieces related to our history. They
have chosen the First Quartet from the creation of Bratislava native Johann Nepomuk
Hummel, as well as the supreme String Quartet ‘In Hungarian Style’ from the chamber
legacy of Ján Levoslav Bella. The concert will be closed by the Piano Quintet of the important
Bratislava pianist, organist, teacher and composer Štefan Németh-Šamorínsky.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Ivan Repušić, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Lucijan Marija ŠkerjancFestive Overture
Witold Lutosławski Cello Concerto
César Franck
Symphony in D Minor
An interesting programme has been prepared by the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra,
including also the work by a Slovenian composer. Lucijan Marija Škerjanc (1900–1973)
was a universal personality active as a composer, teacher, pianist, conductor, music reviewer
as well as public authority. His style is of Late Romanticism, what is demonstrated also by
his Festive Overture from 1932. Witold Lutosławski (born 100 years ago) is a founding
figure of the 20th century Polish music. He composed his Cello Concerto for his friend and
an excellent performer Mstislav Rostropovich and today it can be found in the repertory of
many prominent soloists. Impressive Symphony in D Minor by the Belgian César Franck
is today one of the most frequently recorded symphonic works of Romanticism. Slovenian
Philharmonic, belonging to one of the world’s oldest orchestras (its predecessor was founded
in 1701), will accompany ‘one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso
cellists’ as Gramophone Magazine has hailed the soloist Johannes Moser.
Sunday 29. 9.
4.00 p.m.Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Piano Recital Ladislav Fanzowitz
Ernst Dohnányi Three Pieces for Piano Op. 23
Ruralia Hungarica Op. 32 a
Passacaglia Op. 6
Leopold Godowsky Passacaglia The name of Bratislava pianist Ladislav Fanzowitz is known today not only to lovers of
classical music but also to devotees of historical jazz. Fanzowitz engages in the study and
recording of the work of Bratislava native, composer and virtuoso Ernst Dohnányi and he has
been recording it gradually on CDs. Today Dohnányi’s pieces will be joined by a monumental
Passacaglia on the theme of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony by Leopold Godowsky.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
On the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Ensemble
Musica aeterna
Peter Zajíček, artistic leader/violin
Romina Basso, alto
Pascal Dubreuil, harpsichord
Jana Semerádová, flute
Gabriel Szathmáry, violin
Martina Bernášková, flute
Michal Sťahel, cello
Georg Philipp TelemannTafelmusik I., Suite in E Minor
Georg Friedrich Händel opera arias
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso Op. 6, No. 7 in D Major
Johann Sebastian Bach Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055 Antonio Vivaldi Cessate, omai cessate, cantata for alto, strings and basso continuo
Practice, adventures, certainties and doubts – all this contributes to the essence of Musica
aeterna, the ensemble which laid the foundations of a professional attitude to early music
performance in Slovakia 40 years ago. Courage, strong artistic capacity and knowledge
accompany the performing history of this unique Slovak ensemble. Romina Basso belongs
to the elite of vocal performing art. Her gorgeous alto and exceptional artistic feeling
complement each other to harmonize into a perfect accord in this profound artist.
Monday 30. 9.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Moscow City Symphony – Russian Philharmonic
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Leonard Schreiber, violin
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila, opera overture
Aram Khachaturian
Violin Concerto in D Minor
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade, Op. 35
Moscow orchestra brings us the jewels of Russian symphonic music from the 19th and 20th
centuries: a riveting overture to a fairy-tale opera by Mikhail Glinka, the founder of
Russian national music, a vigorous fiery violin concerto of a distinctive Armenian Aram
Khachaturian (the author of unforgottable Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane, whose
110th birth anniversary we commemorate this year) and a popular suite Sheherazade
by Rimsky-Korsakov. One of the most creative and prospective violinists of his generation,
27‑year old soloist Leonard Schreiber will play the instrument made by Alessandro
Mezzadri (Ferrara 1710).
Tuesday 1. 10.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina
Consortium Bratislava Singing Choir
Oliver Dohnányi, conductor
Iveta Viskupová, choirmaster
Eugen Prochác, cello
Lucia Knoteková, soprano
Marián Lukáč, bass
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Potpourri for cello and orchestra Op. 95
Juraj Farkaš
Symphony No. 5 A Slovak in Engadin
Slovak premiere
Norbert Bodnár
Devín Rock, oratorio for soprano, bass, mixed
choir and orchestra
premiere
Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina will open its performance by the concertante work Potpourri
for cello and orchestra by the Bratislava native Johann Nepomuk Hummel. Two Slovak
premieres will follow – while Juraj Farkaš’s Fifth Symphony inspired by the European
mountains carries the subtitle A Slovak in Engadin, the origin of a new oratorio Devín Rock
by Norbert Bodnár was motivated by the eternal heritage of the Thessaloniki Brothers as well
as by the poetry of Marián Tkáč.
Wednesday 2. 10.
5.00 p.m.Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Sonata Evening
Juraj Tomka, violin Maroš Klátik, piano
Hans von Koessler
Ernst Dohnányi
Béla Bartók
Violin Sonata in E Minor
Violin Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op. 21
Violin Sonata in E Minor, Sz. 20
Juraj Tomka is an outstanding performer of now emerging generation of Slovak string players.
He will perform three Late Romantic violin sonatas at his violin recital. The author of the
first one is a German composer Hans Koessler, the founder of the Hungarian compositional
school in Budapest. The two other pieces were written by his pupils who had entered his class
after the graduation from the Bratislava Royal Hungarian Catholic Grammar School – Ernst
Dohnányi and Béla Bartók.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
‘Magnum mysterium’
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Blanka Juhaňáková, conductor
Katarína Sroková Kubovičová, alto
Ján Kiss, bass
Pavol Oravec, tenor
Marek Štrbák, organ
Tomas Luis de Victoria, Luca Marenzio, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina,
William Byrd, Morten Lauridsen, Vytautas Miškinis, Juraj Hatrík, Jānis
Ivanovs, Randall Thompson, Urmas Sisask, Franz Biebl, Javier Busto, Moses
Hogan, Jonathan Willcocks, Mack Wilberg
‘O Magnum Mysterium’ – these Latin words reflecting the ‘Great Mystery’ of the birth of
Jesus Christ are a symbolic motto of a nontraditional choral concert. This great event has
influenced not only the history of the mankind, church, but also the history of music. Spiritual
enigmas implanted in ancient prayers unsettled the creative souls of great masters of art or
music. They became and still become the model of unique miniatures or monumental opuses.
Many let themselves be inspired by famous prayers Ave Maria, Pater Noster or by simple
psalms from the Bible. This peculiar a cappella concert of the Slovak Philharmonic Choir
presents the jewels of both ancient and contemporary world choral literature emblazoned
by philosophical mysteries in a magic arch extending from Renaissance through Baroque to
our presence.
Thursday 3. 10.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Orchestra dell´Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose, ballet music
La Valse, a choreographic poem for orchestra
Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome, P. 106
Pines of Rome, P. 141
Despite his youth Juraj Valčuha is an internationally renowned Slovak conductor who
returns to the BMF after his successful performance two years ago, this time with a popular
Roman orchestra and attractive French-Italian programme featuring works of great names
of impressionism: Ravel’s music to his ballet Mother Goose (only a five-movement suite used
to be performed at concerts), the composer’s flamboyant La valse and a pair of monumental
symphonic poems by Ottorino Respighi.
Friday 4. 10.
Dvorana, Concert Hall of the University of Performing Arts
International Forum of Young Performers
NEW TALENT 2013 – SPP Foundation Award
5.00 p.m.1st chamber concert/semifinal of the competition
Jan Czech, clarinet/Czech Republic Maria Kalugina, piano/Ukraine
Emőke Baráth, soprano/Hungary
Atanas Krastiev, cello/Bulgaria
8.00 p.m.2nd chamber concert/semifinal of the competition
Kacper Szelążek, countertenor/Poland Magdaléna Ondičová, piano/Slovakia
Razvan Stoica, violin/Romania
Filip Draglund, trumpet/Sweden
The origin of International Forum of Young Performers was initiated by Sir Yehudi Menuhin
in 1969. It is organized by European Broadcasting Union (EBU) settled in Geneva on behalf
of International Music Council of UNESCO. Slovak Radio and Slovak Philharmonic are coorganizers of the competition. In the first round the international jury has chosen out of more
than 30 competing radio recordings 8 semifinalists – this year also a young Slovak pianist
Magdaléna Ondičová. The semifinalists will perform at two chamber concerts and three of
them will qualify for the final, which will take place on Monday, October 7, 2013.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Britten Sinfonia
Pekka Kuusisto, conductor/violin
Mark Padmore, tenor Stephen Bell, French horn
Benjamin BrittenNow Sleeps the Crimson Petal for tenor, French horn
and strings
Judith Weir
I give you the end of a golden string, for strings
Slovak premiere
Benjamin Britten
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Frank Bridge
Three Idylls for strings, H.67
Benjamin Britten
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
Bridge – Britten – Weir: this is a concert of mutual inspiration performed by a top ensemble
highly respected on the world music scene. Benjamin Britten, the favourite with muses, was
born 100 years ago on the day consecrated to the patroness of music Saint Cecilia (November
22). An attractive programme will offer us pieces by the British composer, the homage to his
teacher Frank Bridge and a work which is in itself a tribute to B. Britten by the contemporary
composer Judith Weir. Its world premiere took place on June 8 this year. Due to the Variations
on a Theme of Frank Bridge performed at the Salzburg Festival in 1937 Britten acquired an
international reputation and constant admiration. Even Frank Bridge himself attended the
first performance. The next composition of Britten’s presented tonight – Serenade Op. 31 –
is a microdrama of a modern man confronted with good spirits of the bygone times. It is
splendidly conservative and at the same time gracefully modern; poetic as well as a storm in
a glass filled by an aromatic beverage.
Friday 4. 10./Saturday 5. 10.
7.00 p.m.New Building of the SNT
Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto premiere
opera in four acts
Musical Study: Friedrich Haider
Stage Director: Martin Schüler
Scene: Hans Dieter Schaal
Costumes: Susanne Thomasberger Dramaturgy: Martin Bendík
Performed by the soloists of the Opera of the SNT and foreign guests
Saturday 5. 10.
4.00 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
On the Occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the Ensemble
Lúčnica Chorus
Elena Matušová, conductor
Jacob Arcadelt, Jacobus Gallus, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Giuseppe Verdi,
Giacomo Puccini, Nikolay Kedrov, Antonín Dvořák, Zdenko Mikula, Ján
Cikker, Ivan Hrušovský, Eugen Suchoň and others.
Lúčnica Chorus wins the fondness of the public regularly at festivals and concert tours
(U.S.A., South Corea, Argentina, Jordan, Israel, Venezuela, Taiwan, Mexico and majority
of European countries). Among the most successful recent events abroad let us mention the
concert tour in the U.S.A. (Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis, 2009), the performance
in Rudolfinum Prague (2010), international competition of the best singing choirs in Saint
Petersburg, where the chorus won two golden medals the last year, and successful concerts
in Shanghai this year.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Sonata Evening
Vadim Repin, violin Andrei Korobeinikov, piano
Claude Debussy
Violin Sonata L. 140
Sergey Prokofiev
Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, ‘Kreutzer’, Op. 47
Music is the native language of this violinist – he captivates and wins hearts of the audience
by his virtuoso playing, inexhaustible expressiveness, unbelievable timbre nuances, virtuoso
technique, temper and tenderness... The child prodigy coming from Siberia met with violin when
he was five. When seventeen-year-old, Vadim Repin won the prestigious violin Queen Elisabeth
Competition in Bruxelles. Today he belongs to absolute world elite. Vadim Repin plays the
Guarneri del Gesù ‘Bonjour’ instrument from 1743. Russian pianist Andrei Korobeinikov will
present himself for the first time in Slovakia. Due to his talent and intellect he is often compared
to another phenomenal artist – Evgeny Kissin. Having graduated from the faculty of law he also
confirmed his other excellent qualities. His other passion is composing.
Sunday 6. 10.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Blanka Juhaňáková, choirmaster
Anna Samuil, soprano Terézia Kružliaková, alto
Khachatur Badalyan, tenor Peter Mikuláš, bass
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem
Impressive Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is regularly present on concert stages being a dainty
for both the performers and audience. A bizarre story accompanies this sacred work. After
the death of a great bel canto maestro Gioacchino Rossini Verdi called upon renowned
Italian composers to compose a collective requiem in his memory. He himself embarked on
composing the movement Libera me. However, his plan failed. Five years later Verdi turned
again to the idea of composing the Requiem, when one of top representatives of Italian
romantic literature Alessandro Manzoni died. His novel The Betrothed was among Verdi’s
favourite works since his youth. Manzoni’s death brought that external stimulus urging him
to finish the composition of the sacred opus. On the anniversary day of Manzoni’s death Verdi
conducted the premiere himself in St. Mark’s church in Milan in 1874. Again Juraj Valčuha
will get the opportunity to convince us of his outstanding conducting skills, this time with the
Slovak Philharmonic, Slovak Philharmonic Choir and top vocal soloists.
Monday 7. 10.
8.00 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
International Forum of Young Performers
New Talent 2013 – SPP Foundation Award
final of the competition
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paweł Przytocki, conductor
Performances of three finalists of the competition
Jozef Sixta
Four Orchestral Pieces
While the jury of the competition will be making decisions on the holder of the title New
Talent 2013 and the SPP Foundation Award, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra led
by the Polish conductor Paweł Przytocki will perform a composition by Jozef Sixta. The
composer belonged to the generation which began to push through the way for New Music in
Slovakia during the 1960s. Four Orchestral Pieces from 1979 were premiered by the Slovak
Philharmonic under the baton of Libor Pešek. The final concert of the competition will be
broadcast by a number of radio stations of the European Broadcasting Union – EBU – either
live or from the record.
Tuesday 8. 10.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Belarusian State Philharmonic
Alexander Anissimov, conductor
Irina Krikunova, soprano
Richard Strauss
Don Juan, tone poem, Op. 20
Four Last Songs AV 150
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, ‘Pathétique’, Op. 74
Belarusian State Philharmonic was the guest of the BMF five years ago and led by its chief
conductor Alexander Anissimov captivated the audience by its rendition of music of Russian
composers. During this year’s European tour the orchestra will stop in Bratislava again to
perform with an excellent soprano Irina Krikunova. Two works by Richard Strauss – the
young and ingenious poem Don Juan, and his poignantly parting Four Last Songs – are spanned
by more than 60 years. Tchaikovsky designated his Sixth Symphony ‘the best of his works’ –
because, as he added – ‘so much love and passion he did not put to any other composition’.
Wednesday 9. 10.
5.00 p.m.Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Sisa Michalidesová
‘Winter Magicians’
The project Winter Magicians of the composer, flutist and actress Sisa Michalidesová
presents the unusual musician as an author of film and scenic music. Jazz and classical music
elements are enchantingly blended in with expressive means of Balkan and Slovak folklore.
The ‘Magicians’ Peter Preložník, Pavol Bereza, Boris Lenko, Milo Suchomel, Anton Jaro,
Štefan Bugala, Stanislav Palúch, Július Šoška and Martin Ťažký belong to the elite among
musicians, being the masters of their instruments.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
The Philharmonics
Seven young gifted musicians – mostly members of the Vienna Philharmonic and Berliner
Philharmoniker – founded an ensemble in 2007 and on the basis of classical sound and virtuosity
they search for the roots of classical music in folk inspirations, klezmer tradition and Gypsy music.
They do not limit themselves by European music, being intimate also with tango and Latin jazz.
Since the 2011/2012 season The Philharmonics have had their own subscription cycle in Vienna
Konzerthaus, they perform at festivals, they have got the invitations from Riccardo Muti and
Valery Gergiev. Their new CD ‘Oblivion’ released in June 2013 by Deutsche Grammophon is being
sold in 46 countries of the world. Returning from the Japan tour the ensemble will come to BMF.
Members of The Philharmonics are known also from our concert stages: violinists Tibor Kováč
and Roman Jánoška, viola player Thilo Fechner, cellist Stephan Koncz, double bass player
Ödön Rácz, clarinettist Daniel Ottensamer and pianist František Jánoška.
Thursday 10. 10.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
PKF – Prague Philharmonia
Milan Turković, conductor Gábor Boldoczki, trumpet
Joseph Haydn Symphony in C Major Hob. I:97
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra E Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade in G Major Eine kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525
Symphony in D Major Prague KV 504
‘The marvel of the trumpet of the 3rd millennium’, ‘a worthy successor’ to the king of trumpeters
Maurice André, that is the soloist of the night Gábor Boldoczki. The German magazine
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praises ‘his radiantly clear sound’ with ‘uniquely fluid
legato, soft as butter’. The attractive night of two Classicist composers will be rendered by
one of the most travelling, most awarded and the best of Czech orchestras led by the worldfamous bassoon soloist Milan Turković, who was recently mentioned among the twenty most
significant conductors on the Tokyo music scene by the Japan magazine Ongaku No Tomo.
Friday 11. 10.
7.30 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Boris Berezovsky, piano
Dmitry Shostakovich
Sergey Prokofiev
Dmitry Shostakovich
Sergey Prokofiev
Suite from The Golden Age, Op. 22a Piano Concerto No. 1 D Flat Major, Op. 10
Piano Concerto No. 2 F Major, Op. 102
Scythian Suite Op. 20
Despite his young age Tugan Sokhiev already belongs to the most sought-after conductors
of today. Native from the North Causasus, he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory
in the legendary conducting class as the last pupil of Ilya Musin. He has given guest
performances with Berliner Philharmoniker and Vienna Philharmonic. Leading his Berlin
ensemble he will perform the works from the golden fund of Russian symphonic literature:
youthful and riotous Scythian Suite of Sergey Prokofiev, ballet suite The Golden Age by
Dmitry Shostakovich and two piano concerti written by both these composers with the
solo of the virtuoso Boris Berezovsky. Debuting in Wigmore Hall in 1988, Boris Berezovsky
was designated by The Times ‘an artist of exceptional promise, a player of dazzling
virtuosity and formidable power’. Two years later Berezovsky won the International
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Today the most prestigious concert stages open for
this phenomenal pianist and having been already several times the guest of the BMF, he has
become a favourite of the Slovak audience, too.
Saturday 12. 10.
5.00 p.m.Small Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Bratislava Contemporary Players SOOZVUK
Marián Lejava, conductor
Milan Paľa, viola
Lucia Papanetzová Canon
Lucia Koňakovská Variations for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Boško Milaković Strongs for Strings premiere
Peter GrollZalan
Marián Lejava
Vertigo, concerto for milanolo and chamber orchestra
Viktor Fuček
Too Long Play (art installation)
SOOZVUK is an artistic group founded in 2002/2003 by the generation of composers
Boško Milaković (1973), Peter Groll (1974), Lucia Koňakovská (1975), Marián Lejava
(1976), Lucia Papanetzová (1978) and artist Viktor Fuček (1977). In ten years of its activity
SOOZVUK has organized a huge number of concerts featuring works of both Slovak and
foreign contemporary composers of all generations (approximately 130 compositions by 66
composers in the frame of concert cycles), while paying attention especially to the creation
of the youngest authors (more than 170 works of 83 authors at the festival Rostrum of Young
Composers). An outstanding violin soloist Milan Paľa will perform with the group.
3.00 p.m.St. Martin’s Cathedral
Sunday 13. 10.
Sacred Song
Slovak Choir Adoremus
Dušan Bill, conductor
Mária Budáčová, organ
Tomáš Šelc, bass
Bratislava Notated Missal, Fragments from Košice, Hans Leo Hassler,
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Josquin Desprez, Ludovico da Viadana,
Cantus Catholici, Dmitry Stepanovich Bortnyansky, Arvo Pärt, Alfred
Schnittke, Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský, František Otto Matzenauer, Jan
Nepomucen Kaszewski, Anton Fabian, Jaroslav Fabian, Ján Levoslav Bella
The concert is taking place on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of the
Slavonic apostles and European patron saints Cyril and Methodius, onto the territory of
Great Moravia. Apart from other pieces its programme offers also samples from our oldest
music sources: chants from the Bratislava Notated Missal and Fragments from Košice as well
as part of the repertory of the precious printed source, hymnbook Cantus Catholici, occupying
an important position in the history of Slovak music. The works of the top representatives of
the vocal polyphony will sound during the evening, too.
A guest performance at the BMF will be given by the singing choir Adoremus. Since its origin
in 1992 the choir has purposefully focused on the rendition of sacred music.
7.00 p.m.Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
Closing Concert of the 49th Year of the BMF
Slovak Philharmonic
Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
Eva Šušková, soprano
Alexei Volodin, piano
Ján Levoslav Bella
Alexandr Skryabin
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Bergglocke, aria for soprano and orchestra
Piano Concerto in F Sharp Minor, Op. 20
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Our first orchestra led by the doyen of the Russian conducting school Vladimir Fedoseyev
will close the BMF 2013 with a performance of a rarely played piano concerto by the music
symbolist Alexandr Skryabin featuring an excellently technically skilled Alexei Volodin,
the representative of the middle generation of Russian pianists. The highlight will be the
Symphony No. 4 by Tchaikovsky, which belongs to the essential repertory pieces of the
conductor. The performance of the Festive Overture by Ján Levoslav Bella will commemorate
the 170th anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Slovak Philharmonic is an organization under the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
The musicological conference on the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary
of the founder of modern Slovak musicology, the composer, organizer of the scientific
life in Slovakia in the second half of the 20th century
Jozef Kresánek (1913–1986)
an inspirational representative of the Slovak music culture
9th – 11th October 2013
Faculty of Philosophy of the Comenius University, Gondova 2, Bratislava
Concert of pupils and teachers from Jozef Kresánek Elementary School of Arts
10th October 2013 5.00 p.m. Moyzes Hall
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Published by: Slovak Philharmonic Edited by: Slávka Ferencová
Translation: Katarína Godárová
Reproduced painting by: Alexej Vojtášek
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