In Full Voice

2 Dec 2024, 7:30 PM

Let’s get straight to it, before we divert you

How much is the ticket? CZK 350 basic | CZK 200 students, seniors, ZTP

Multifunctional Hall DOX+
Poupětova 3, Praha 7
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Contemporary music performed by the BERG Orchestra - premiere concert and finale of the 2024 season. The whole evening belongs to poetry and the human voice. Michal Nejtek's new work features German poems by Egon Bondy, while Italian composer Daniele Ghisi presents a critique of Italian Futurism in six musical perspectives. The evening opens with a short playful piece by American experimental artist John Cage featuring two wonderful singers Pavla Radostová and Anabelle Plum, soloists in the other two pieces. Altogether, one world and two Czech premieres, an evening not to be missed.

John Cage – Ear for EAR (Czech premiere)
Michal Nejtek – Das grosse Zeitalter, on texts by Egon Bondy (world premiere)
Daniele Ghisi – Sei conversazioni inattuali (Czech premiere)

Annabelle Plum, Pavla Radostová – voice / singers
BERG Orchestra & Peter Vrábel – conductor

The BERG Orchestra is an excellent Czech ensemble specialized in the performance of contemporary music. Since its inception it has commissioned and premiered more than two hundred new works. In 2021, it won the prestigious Prix Italia award for the Czech Republic for the first time in more than half a century.