SMETANA My Homeland, the best-known concept of Smetana's cycle
BCO – Brno Contemporary Orchestra
conductor Pavel Šnajdr
Around October 20, 1874, Bedřich Smetana became permanently deaf. It was not a disaster for Czech music or for the Czech nation - even after that he was able to compose and create works that he could no longer hear, but he didn't even have to hear them, because he knew how they should sound. Pavel Šnajdr with the BCO and other Czech artists will organize an extraordinary "opening day" dedicated to the anniversary of Smetana's deafness at the beginning of this year's New Music Exposition and on the occasion of the Year of Czech Music 2024. In the words of the creators of the project: "We bear no responsibility for birth and death, but the fact that we can continue to exist normally after becoming deaf is worthy of the greatest celebration." The Never Heard, Yet Unheard project presents "Vlast", which Bedřich Smetana never heard. In one day, it will be interpreted in three different ways in separate concerts – from a traditional to a purely contemporary version.
Part of the composed opening day of the festival, during which you can look forward to an exhibition, workshops and two more concerts.
15:00 Má vlast - in a special arrangement by a collective of composers
SMETANA / KOFROŇ, PIAČEK, ŠĚDROŇ, ZEMEK-NOVÁK, TÓTH, FORRÓ
20:00 Contemporary interpretation of the series Má vlast in the world premiere
Field recording realizations of Smetana's song descriptions.
MIRVALD, ŽELEZNÝ, VÍTKOVÁ, FERENC, VTÍPIL, students of FF MU
