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“Manon is a heroine I believe in and therefore cannot fail to win the hearts of the audience. Why couldn't there be two operas about Manon? A woman like Manon can have more than one lover. Massenet feels her like a Frenchman, with powder and minuets. I will feel it like an Italian, with a desperate passion," declared Puccini determinedly, when his publisher tried to talk him out of composing an opera on a theme that had already been set to music. And he did well, because Manon Lescaut has been one of his great successes since its premiere in Turin in 1893. He kept what he promised and offered his audience passion, despair and hope that overcomes even the tragic end of the main character. After all, love never dies.

Without borders or beyond the border? How long will Rosina and Almaviva's true love last, which was supposed to be forever, and when will the innocent flirtation with Cherubin turn into something much more serious? Where are the boundaries in human relationships...

Without borders or beyond the border? How long will Rosina and Almaviva's true love last, which was supposed to be forever, and when will the innocent flirtation with Cherubin turn into something much more serious? Where are the boundaries in human relationships...

Soothing and energetic motivating music on the border of many musical styles performed by the well-known ensemble of the Moravian Piano Trio - Jana Ryšánková - piano, Jiří Jahoda - violin, Miroslav Zicha - cello with an engaging and witty commentary by its principal, Jiří Jahoda, with an attractive program in the halls of the Rubín cultural house and the Besední dom. On the way out, there is still a glass of wine during an informal meeting with the artists - you can only experience all this at Muzikobraní concerts.

This year's concert by the Diversa Quartet is the first time in the ensemble's short existence that it will be composed exclusively of domestic works. The world premiere by Brno-based composer Radim Bednařík is surrounded by unperformed quartets by the generation of older composers Jan Kapr and Osvald Chlubný. Returning to the wonderful space of the Löw-Beer villa, the program links the celebration of spring and happy times. While the compositions created in the last century were created in the completely happy moments of the lives of both composers, today's premiere is a kind of bridge between them. With the concert, we are trying to spread good mood and cause joy - that is why its title is inspired by the medieval love song contained in the famous Carmina Burana manuscript.

Marc'Antonio Ziani La Morte vinta sul Calvario. Sepolcro

Dagmar Šašková, mezzo-soprano Les Traversées Baroques artistic director Judith Paquier zinc conducted by Etienne Meyer The Venetian Marc'Antonio Ziani (1652 to 1715) spent the last fifteen years of his life at the imperial court in Vienna. He first became famous as a composer of operas, but during the reign of the three Habsburg emperors, he wrote one oratorio every year between 1701 and 1711 for performance in Holy Week at the Holy Sepulcher. This is where the name sepolcro comes from. Performed by the French ensemble Les Traversées Baroques, led by cymbal player Judith Paquier, Ziani's sepolcro will be performed with mezzo-soprano Dagmar Šašková in the role of Víra (La Fede) in the Czech premiere.

Is Verdi's famous Nabucco just an opera about the desire for freedom? Jiří Heřman's production offers an engaging look at the story of the Babylonian king and the Jewish people. It centers on family relationships and King Nebuchadnezzar himself. The opera, full of spectacular choirs and captivating singing groups, has been one of the most popular titles in our repertoire for 35 years.

DARK CLOCK (tenebrae), musical meditation in unique underground temples in Brno. This year's dark watch returns to a unifying theme. After the ensemble performance of Zelenka's lamentations and responsories or the responsories of Carlo Gesualdo da Venos, the end of Holy Week will be accompanied by his own chants, but in a completely unusual place and for the first time in a theatrical sense. The recently opened Brno reservoirs on the Yellow Hill are reminiscent of underground temple spaces. In three days, each time in one of the three reservoirs, different stories will be heard and played out in different colorful forms of the Gregorian chant.

DARK CLOCK (tenebrae), musical meditation in unique underground temples in Brno. This year's dark watch returns to a unifying theme. After the ensemble performance of Zelenka's lamentations and responsories or the responsories of Carlo Gesualdo da Venos, the end of Holy Week will be accompanied by his own chants, but in a completely unusual place and for the first time in a theatrical sense. The recently opened Brno reservoirs on the Yellow Hill are reminiscent of underground temple spaces. In three days, each time in one of the three reservoirs, different stories will be heard and played out in different colorful forms of the Gregorian chant.

DARK CLOCK (tenebrae), musical meditation in unique underground temples in Brno. This year's dark watch returns to a unifying theme. After the ensemble performance of Zelenka's lamentations and responsories or the responsories of Carlo Gesualdo da Venos, the end of Holy Week will be accompanied by his own chants, but in a completely unusual place and for the first time in a theatrical sense. The recently opened Brno reservoirs on the Yellow Hill are reminiscent of underground temple spaces. In three days, each time in one of the three reservoirs, different stories will be heard and played out in different colorful forms of the Gregorian chant.

Love knows no bounds, my guilt will be forgotten, but my love will not die... The beautiful Manon is no stranger to any human weakness - she would like the love of the young knight Des Grieux and a life of luxury and wealth that only the old banker Géront can provide her... But everything has its own price and not even love can save everything.

Christophe Mantoux organ

This year's organ concert will take us to Bach's Germany. Christophe Mantoux has prepared a program for us composed entirely of compositions by the Leipzig cantor. Their inclusion is very varied and imaginative, largely counting on choral preludes to Easter songs. In connection with the excellent acoustics of the church of St. Augustina will be a spectacular musical celebration of Easter from the point of view of the baroque reformed liturgical organist.

ANNA JANE LESTER, CHLOE PRENDERGAST / VIOLIN ISABEL FRANENBERG / VIOLA EVAN BUTTAR / VIOLONCELLO JISKRA The audience-popular dramaturgical line of ensembles dedicated to historically informed interpretation of string quartets of the late 18th and early 19th centuries will be enriched this time by the dynamic Butter Quartet, which has been gaining enthusiastic attention in recent years audiences on both sides of the ocean. The Dutch-Canadian quartet combines the creative passion and the spirit of discovery of all members, thanks to which the Butter Quartet's career continues... well, like butter! The ensemble is one of the graduates of the prestigious program for the professional development of young European ensembles EEEmerging+, and in Brno will play a program bearing the name of the latest CD Scintilla, which means spark. So we can look forward to sparkling early Italian string quartets.

Diergo Ortiz Musices liber primus Sea Maiorum artistic director Jakub Kydlíček From the first book of spiritual works of the Spanish Renaissance composer Diego Ortiz, we will hear solemn vespers composed for the festival. The polyphonic compositions are heard in an unprecedented sound variety thanks to the diverse cast of the small vocal ensemble and various types of mainly wind Renaissance instruments.

Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark ascending Einojuhani Rautavaara Symphony no. 7 (Angel of Light) Josef Špaček violin Brno Philharmonic conductor Anna-Maria Helsing For the very first time, the final concert of the Easter festival will be without a human voice, and therefore also with lyrics set to music. However, strong emotions are evoked by the very names of the compositions, even more so by themselves and their performance in the temple space. The famous Flight of the Lark by Ralph Vaughan Williams can be understood as the joy of a new spring, a resurrection. The seventh symphony of the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara belongs to his series of works with an angelic theme and was premiered in 1994.

Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark ascending Einojuhani Rautavaara Symphony no. 7 (Angel of Light) Josef Špaček violin Brno Philharmonic conductor Anna-Maria Helsing For the very first time, the final concert of the Easter festival will be without a human voice, and therefore also with lyrics set to music. However, strong emotions are evoked by the very names of the compositions, even more so by themselves and their performance in the temple space. The famous Flight of the Lark by Ralph Vaughan Williams can be understood as the joy of a new spring, a resurrection. The seventh symphony of the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara belongs to his series of works with an angelic theme and was premiered in 1994.

Kukal Quartet Ivan Ženatý - violin Igor Ardashev - piano

Director David Radok and his Rusalka as a fateful drama about unfulfilled desires and human failure, about the contradictory conflict between love and erotic desire, a drama about the sinful human soul. The production will be another contribution to the Year of Czech Music. Since its creation, Dvořák's Rusalka has been one of the most beloved and performed Czech operas, not only thanks to its beautiful and unique music, but also to Jaroslav Kvapil's poetic and timeless libretto, which conceals endless symbolism. The theme is perfect for David Radok, who will create a multilayered production full of strong emotions for the first time in the Czech Republic.

David Radok's set design is based on the concept of Rusalka by set designer Lars-Ake Thessman, presented at the GöteborgsOperan in 2012.

The spectacular birthday celebration of tenor Pavel Černoch at the Špilberk Festival was interrupted by a storm. We therefore moved the replacement concert to the Janáček Theater so that the weather would not surprise us again. We believe that all listeners of the festival concert, for which we had contact, have already received tickets to the Janáček Theater on the new date. If you bought the concert as part of the Špilberk festival physically in advance and you do not yet have the new replacement tickets, please contact us at predprodej@filharmonie-brno.cz, we will agree with you on the next procedure. If the new date does not suit you, you can return your tickets until the end of 2024.

Love knows no bounds, guilt falls into oblivion, but my love will not die... The beautiful Manon is no stranger to any weakness - she wanted the love of the young knight Des Grieux and a life of luxury and wealth that only the old banker Géront can provide... But everything has its price and not even love can save everything. “Manon is a heroine I believe in, and that's why you can't help but win the hearts of the audience. Why couldn't there be two operas about Manon? A woman like Manon can have more than one lover. Massenet feels her like a Frenchman, with powder and minuets. I will feel it like an Italian, with a desperate passion," declared Puccini determinedly, when his publisher tried to talk him out of composing an opera on a theme that had already been set to music. And he did well, because Manon Lescaut has been one of his great successes since its premiere in Turin in 1893. He kept what he promised and offered his audience passion, despair and hope that overcomes even the tragic end of the main characters. After all, love never dies.

Someone wise said that playing drums is like living in a toy store. Everyone can play with something completely different here for a while! And what can be played? And do drummers even need instruments? And isn't there a bit of a drummer in each of us? An interactive concert in which children appear as equal partners of the musicians and are literally "within their reach". No sitting on chairs, but lots of musical entertainment for 3 to 6 year olds. moderated by: Kristýna Drášilová and Magdalena Dostálová Performer: Kristýna Švihálková (percussion) Venue: Meeting House

French esprit and Spanish passion are hidden in the music of Bizet's Carmen. Finally, who does not know the immortal opera hits - the famous Habanera or the aria of the toreador Escamillo. But what if there is something more hidden behind the story of love's flightiness?

The Orchestral Academy of the Brno Philharmonic (OAFB) is a project that enables young talented musicians – students or recent graduates of music schools accepted on the basis of a selection process – to gain orchestral practice in a professional ensemble. In this way, the Philharmonic trains new generations of players who may one day join its ranks. The OAFB has been operating for six seasons and its fruits are already evident: some of its graduates are already members of our orchestra, others regularly return to help out. The importance and value of this experience for the artistic growth of young musicians and for the future of the orchestra is thus indisputable.

Someone wise said that playing drums is like living in a toy store. Everyone can play with something completely different here for a while! And what can be played? And do drummers even need instruments? And isn't there a bit of a drummer in each of us? An interactive concert in which children appear as equal partners of the musicians and are literally "within their reach". No sitting on chairs, but lots of musical entertainment for 3 to 6 year olds.

moderated by: Kristýna Drášilová and Magdalena Dostálová

Performer: Kristýna Švihálková (percussion)

Venue: Meeting House

Someone wise said that playing drums is like living in a toy store. Everyone can play with something completely different here for a while! And what can be played? And do drummers even need instruments? And isn't there a bit of a drummer in each of us? An interactive concert in which children appear as equal partners of the musicians and are literally "within their reach". No sitting on chairs, but lots of musical entertainment for 3 to 6 year olds.

moderated by: Kristýna Drášilová and Magdalena Dostálová

Performer: Kristýna Švihálková (percussion)

Venue: Meeting House

Worse than a scar on the face are scars on the soul.

Her Shepherdess is one of Janáček's most famous works and is a permanent part of the repertoire of the Brno Opera. It started with a realistic drama by Gabriela Preissová, which the composer himself adapted into the form of an opera libretto. Although he had to significantly shorten the text of the drama, he succeeded in deepening the effect of the tragic story from the Moravian countryside. The spendthrift and fickle Števa, the fierce and yet at heart kind Laca, and above all the inexorable Kostelnička, whose efforts to maintain her position and respect in the village community will lead her to murder the child of her shelter, Jenůfa. Janáček (1854–1928) captured the individual characters in a masterly dramatic shorthand that is chilling and at the same time evokes compassion and understanding in us. The final form of the work, marked by the death of the composer's daughter Olga, led to a long and thorny road. After the successful premiere in Brno in 1904, her pastor had to wait twelve long years before Janáček's efforts were crowned with well-deserved success on other domestic and foreign stages.

Come and listen to the beautiful work of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Andrew Balio, principal trumpeter of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Czech organist Anna Ester Chlebanová Petříková. The compositions will be performed in unique transcriptions for trumpet and organ by Andrew Balio, who during his long career has worked in a number of prestigious symphony orchestras, such as the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Anna Ester Chlebanová Petříková is a promising Czech organist, graduated from the HAMU in Prague, and has performed with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic. The concert will take place as part of the European part of the Soli deo Gloria tour. Andrew Balio and Anna Ester Chlebanová Petříková will perform together in six concerts in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

JAN VÁCLAV HUGO VOŘÍŠEK Grand rondeau for piano trio and orchestra op. 25

BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ Concerto for piano trio and string orchestra H 231

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 4 in B flat major op. 60

Trio Bohémo:

Matouš Pěruška violin

Kristina Vocetková cello

Jan Vojtek piano

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Alena Hron

Before the concert, a discussion with the playwright and his guests takes place in the director's lounge at 6:00 p.m. Due to limited capacity, reserve your place at info@filharmonie-brno.cz

The plot takes us to a village where Jeník and Marenka live, two young people who like each other. However, Mařenka is to marry the son of a rich farmer, Mícha, to whom her father is in debt. But the young girl is not going to just give up her love and refuses to marry the chosen groom. Jeník does it smartly and uses matchmaker Kecal. But he and Mařenka don't talk about their plans and the whole thing gets a little messy... Ondřej Havelka created a masterfully played musical theater that is based on beautiful folk traditions, but at the same time found a unique perspective on the whole opera. It takes place not, as is usually the custom, in the summer during the harvest, but during the carnival, or as we call the carnival in Moravia! So you can look forward not only to the comedians in the 3rd act, but also to a number of true Moravian carnival masquerades.

JAN VÁCLAV HUGO VOŘÍŠEK Grand rondeau for piano trio and orchestra op. 25

BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ Concerto for piano trio and string orchestra H 231

LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 4 in B flat major op. 60

Trio Bohémo:

Matouš Pěruška violin

Kristina Vocetková cello

Jan Vojtek piano

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Alena Hron

Before the concert, a discussion with the playwright and his guests takes place in the director's lounge at 6:00 p.m. Due to limited capacity, reserve your place at info@filharmonie-brno.cz.

moderators Kristýna Drášilová and Magdalena Dostálová

script by Kristýna Drášilová

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Robert Kružík

Do you like flipping through the calendar? Do you ever dream while looking into it and imagine what happened on that day exactly 100, 150, 200... years ago? Do you enjoy anniversaries, preferably round ones, and holidays? We do, and accordingly we have also prepared a cycle of family concerts in the 2024/2025 season. We will remember important anniversaries of premieres of compositions, births of composers, musical events, as well as holidays and so on, which are linked to the respective period in which the concert is taking place. The main dramaturg (the one who chooses the compositions) is therefore time. And you will be a bit of one too, because we will give you the opportunity to choose one song for each concert - democratically, of course. Come create, listen and have fun with us.

moderators Kristýna Drášilová and Magdalena Dostálová

script by Kristýna Drášilová

Brno Philharmonic

conductor Robert Kružík

Do you like flipping through the calendar? Do you ever dream while looking into it and imagine what happened on that day exactly 100, 150, 200... years ago? Do you enjoy anniversaries, preferably round ones, and holidays? We do, and accordingly we have also prepared a cycle of family concerts in the 2024/2025 season. We will remember important anniversaries of premieres of compositions, births of composers, musical events, as well as holidays and so on, which are linked to the respective period in which the concert is taking place. The main dramaturg (the one who chooses the compositions) is therefore time. And you will be a bit of one too, because we will give you the opportunity to choose one song for each concert - democratically, of course. Come create, listen and have fun with us.

The Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno will perform its 6th subscription concert in the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul.