WHICH ART IN HEAVEN / TENEBRAE / About the concert
The introduction of tonight’s concert, Prelude and Fugue in B minor, is a mature piece by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), in which the prelude is in the form of a serious concerto grosso, while the fugue, with a subject composed exclusively of quavers, is contrastingly impatient. The subject itself has the range of a diminished […]
ECCE HOMO / About the concert
More than anything else, the work Ecce Homo by František Gregor Emmert (1940–2015) performed today is a prayer, which over the course of its duration of about an hour and a quarter guides listeners through the heights and depths of the mind and, in the best possible case, delivers them into a contemplative state. Emmert’s […]
BYZANTINE PASSION / About the concert
This programme, entitled Byzantine Passion, showcases the chants of the Eastern liturgies of Great Week (corresponding to Holy Week). Among the innovations of the Byzantine “Ars Nova” was a new musical form, kratéma, which did not use traditional liturgical texts, but syllables with no specific meaning, such as “te-ri-rem” and “to-to-ton”, in an attempt to […]
NOVA ET VETERA / About the concert
Gregorian chant in the liturgy of Holy Week In the Gregorian chant repertoire, the last week before Easter – Holy Week – offers up a musically rich and emotionally powerful set of hymns. Historically, these are among the oldest components of the repertoire. What we find here are very elaborate compositions with refined aesthetics […]
Standing room tickets for the Closing concert
Garden / Island. The Closing concert of the Festival with Brno Philharmonic and its forthcoming Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Dennis Russell Davies is completely sold out. We would like to comply with maximum of our visitor´s request – we have decided to sold standing room tickets. They will be available before the concert for […]
Change of Cast
Dear visitors, we would like to inform you about a change of cast of the opening concert of the Easter Festival of Sacred Music Christ on the Mount of Olives by Ludwig van Beethoven. Instead of Jan Martiník, which is unable to perform due to operational reasons, bass solo will be performed by Martin Gurbaľ, soloist of […]
Programmer about the Festival
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the […]
