Irena Troupová (soprano), Marek Štilec (conductor)

Krasa – Zemlinsky – Beethoven

At the ceremonial opening concert of the 22nd Czech-German Cultural Days, three symphonic compositions by Hans Krása, Alexander Zemlinsky and Ludwig van Beethoven will be performed by the oldest symphony orchestra in the Czech Republic: the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra of Marienbad . Hans Krása (1899–1944) came from a German-Czech-Jewish family. He studied music under Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942), who was director of the New German Theater in Prague. And it was Zemlinsky who conducted Krása's first composition. Krása became internationally famous with his Symphony for Small Orchestra, in the last movement of which he set a text by A. Rimbaud to music. One of his best known works is the children's opera "Brundibar". Zemlinsky's Sinfonietta op. 23 premiered in Prague in 1935. Although both composers represented the newest musical trends that shaped European music in the first decades of the 20th century, their way of thinking is based on the principle of dealing with a specific theme, as represented by Ludwig van Beethoven with his rich symphonic work at the turn of the century.

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Entrance fee: 150-350 CZK

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