Gregor Tassie

Masterly twentieth-century Czech string quartets by the Janáček Quartet closes Festival Janáček Brno 2024

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [7] – Kaprálová, Janáček, Novák: Janáček Quartet [Miloš Vacek, Richard Kružík [violins], Jan Řezníček [viola], Lukáš Polák [cello]). Villa Löw-Beer, 24.11.2024. (GT)

Janáček Quartet © Marek Olbrzymek

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Wonderful Brno recital of Moravian poetry set to music by Janáček and his musical friends

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [6] – Martinů, Janáček, Dvořák: Feng-yűn Song (soprano), Lenka Navrátilová (piano). Leoš Janáček Memorial, Brno, 24.11.2024. (GT)

Soprano Feng-yűn Song and pianist Lenka Navrátilová © Marek Olbrzymek

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Brno’s Children’s Choir’s uplifting and vivid singing of Petr Eben’s song cycle

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [5] – Eben: Brno Children’s Choir (choirmaster: Valeria Maťašova), Jitka Houfova (piano) Pavel Čenĕk Vaculík (narrator). Reduta Theatre (Mozart Hall), 23.11.2024. (GT)

Choirmaster Valeria Maťašova and the Brno Children’s Choir © Jakub Jíra

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Festival Janáček Brno 2024 closes with a terrific staging of The Cunning Little Vixen

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Czech RepublicCzech Republic Festival Janáček Brno 2024 [4] – Janáček, The Cunning Little Vixen: Soloists, Brno Children’s Chorus, Chorus and Orchestra of Janáček Opera / Marko Ivanović (conductor). Janáček Theatre, Brno, 24.11.2024. (GT)

Adam Plachetka (Forester) © Marek Olbrzymek

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