The World of Leoš Janáček: A Performance by Mannes School of Music’s Young Artists

22. 10. 2020
Event
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Date of event: 23. 10. 2020 Please join us for an evening of music by famed Czech composer Leoš Janáček with readings of select Czech poetry. This event is presented as part of the Mannes Sounds Festival in partnership with the Czech Center New York.

23 October 7 PM (EST) / 24 October 1:00 AM (CET)
Stream live via Czech Center Facebook.

Czech Center New York is proud to partner with The New School’s Mannes School of Music to bring you a unique concert The World of Leoš Janáček: A performance by Mannes School of Music’s young artists. For the first time in the decades-long history of the festival the concert will be virtual and Czech Center New York is proud to partner with the festival in organizing this event and bringing Janáček’s timeless music to audiences anywhere in the world. In addition to compositions by Leoš Janáček, the performance will feature poetry by Jaroslav Vrchlický and Otokar Březina. Here is the artistic director of the Mannes Sounds Festival, Pavlina Dokovska with more:

PROGRAM:

1. Selection from Po zarostlém chodníčku (On an Overgrown Path):
Frýdecká panna Maria (The Frydeck Madonna)
Štěbetaly jak laštovičky (They chattered like swallows)
V pláči (In tears)
Sýček neodletěl (The barn owl has not flown away)
Michael Owen Dodds, piano
2. Dumka
Ledah Finck, Violin
Michael Owen Dodds, Piano
3. “Dithyramb of the Worlds” poem by Otokar Březina (1868-1929)
Michael Owen Dodds
4. 1. X. 1905 (Z ulice dne 1. října 1905) [(1. X. 1905 (From the street 1 October 1905)]
Andrei Romanov, piano

5. Selection from Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs:
Láska (Love)
Kouzlo (Enchantment)
Záře od milého (Glare from Beloved)
Komu kytka (To Whom the Flower)
Stálost (Constancy)
Chantal Freeman, soprano
Julian Jenson, piano
6. V mlhách (In the Mists)
Yanran Li, piano
7. “Eclogue “ poem by Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853-1912)
Michael Owen Dodds
8. Romance
Ann-Frances Rokosa, Violin
Yanran Li, Piano

Instrumentation/Casting:

Yanran Li, piano; Andrei Romanov, piano; Michael Owen Dodds, piano;Chantal Freeman,soprano, Julian Jenson, piano, Ledah Finck violin, Ann -Frances Rokosa,violin

About

Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style. Along with Antonin Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana, he is considered one of the most important Czech composers.

The Mannes Sounds Festival was founded in 1999 by Pavlina Dokovska, chair of the Mannes Piano department. The festival presents more than 20 concerts annually performed young artists from Mannes, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and the School of Drama as well as master classes and lectures by distinguished faculty members and renowned guest artists and is one of the outstanding components of Mannes' performance program. The events are held at various prestigious New York City concert venues and cultural institutions.