“Such memories from my youth” – this is how the then seventy-year-old Leoš Janáček described his recently completed wind sextet to Kamila Stösslová.

At the opening concert, Leoš Janáček’s masterpieces of chamber music will be performed by renowned interpreters.

Leoš Janáček: String Quartet no 1: inspired by Leo Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata
I. Adagio. Vivo
II. Con moto
III. Con moto. Vivo. Andante
IV. Con moto. Adagio. Maestoso

Janáček Quartet

Leoš Janáček: Youth
I. Allegro
II. Andante sostenuto
III. Vivace
IV. Allegro animato

The Prague Wind Quintet
Lukáš Daňhel – bass clarinet

Intermission

Leoš Janáček: String Quartet no 2 “Intimate Letters“
I. Andante. Con moto. Allegro
II. Adagio. Vivace
III. Moderato. Adagio. Allegro
IV. Allegro. Andante. Allegro

Janáček Quartet

Janáček Quartet:
Miloš Vacek – first violin, Richard Kružík – second violin, Jan Řezníček – viola, Břetislav Vybíral - violoncello

The Prague Wind Quintet:
Jan Machat – flute, Jurij Likin – oboe, Vlastimil Mareš – clarinet, Jan Vobořil – French horn, Miloš Wichterle – bassoon

Lukáš Daňhel – bass clarinet

Over the last three years, distinct clarinet compositions have been created by three contemporary Czech composers – Ian Mikyska, currently studying and living mainly in London, Aleš Pavlorek, a representative of the midlife generation from Ostrava, and Jiří Gemrot, a mature composer, living in Prague. The concert will present compositions created for prestigious music festivals – Prague Spring 2014 and 2015 /ClarinoPré, The Story/, Days of New Music in Ostrava 2013 /Places and People/, and Clarimania 2015 in Wroclaw Poland /Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano/ – representing a rare encounter of works by composers of three generations and three different compositional styles.

Aleš Pavlorek: Clarinopré for Clarinet and Piano
Martin Adámek – clarinet, Dana Drápelová – piano

Jiří Gemrot: Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano
Kiryl Tseliapniou – clarinet, Daniel Wiesner – piano

Jiří Gemrot: The Story for Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Violoncello
I. Moderato
II. Presto
III. Andante
IV. Animato

Markéta Janáčková – piano, Helena Jiříkovská – violin, Lukáš Polák – violoncello, Irvin Venyš – clarinet

Ian Mikyska: Places and People
I.
II.
III.
IV.

Lukáš Daňhel and Věra Kestřánková – bass clarinet, Ian Mikyska – electric guitar

W. A. Mozart: Magic Flute

One of the most beautiful works of chamber music for clarinet, Mozart’s Adagio KV411, became a great inspiration for Clarimonia a few years ago, which created an impulse to seek out other musical works composed for a non-traditional set of instruments– two clarinets and basset horns - to produce a captivating and colourful sound. Since there were only a small number of original compositions for such instruments, Clarimonia members focused on Mozart’s later works and soughtto adapt suitable parts from his operas. Over the years the Clarimonia Ensemble added individual parts of Mozart’s Magic Flute to their concert programme and for the first time, in 2013, they were successful in presenting a comprehensive programme comprising of selections adapted from the famous opera, with a modern text reflecting the original libretto, by Emanuel Schikanedr. Having performed the project with a set stage and received very positive feedback from the audience, the membership of the ensemble decided to prepare a similar rendering from Don Giovanni.

Clarimonia Ensemble: Jochen Seggelke, Bernhard Kösling, Etele Dósa – basset horns
Charles Neidich, Harri Mäki, Irvin Venyš - clarinets
Recitation: Irena Troupová, in collaboration with: Jakub Korčák

Brahms / Kramář / Martinů / Mozart / Poulenc

Charles Neidich, Harri Mäki, Anna Paulová, Petr Nouzovský & participants of master classes

During the closing concert, selected participants of the master classes will play alongside top performers who are very successful at their concert art in the Czech Republic and abroad. Thus, every year, master class students are given the unique opportunity to collaborate with their more experienced colleagues, sharing their experience while preparing for a concert together in a relaxed way.

Clarimonia Ensemble & Irvin Venyš and Participants of Master Classes

Selected parts of Mozart’s and Salieri’s opera pieces, adjusted for clarinet and three basset horns by an anonymous composer from the 18th century.

Anonymous:
Adagio, W. A. Mozart
Allegro, La Clemenza di Tito, W. A. Mozart
Marcia aus Palmira regina di Persia, A. Salieri
Andante: Fia voi de avante, Palmira regina di Persia, A. Salieri

Un poco Andante, Copia si tenera, Palmira regina di Persia, A. Salieri
Silencio facriari, Palmira regina di Persia, A. Salieri
Andante con moto, Don Giovanni, W. A. Mozart
Allegro, Madamina, Don Giovanni, W. A. Mozart

The best participants of the master classes will perform alongside their professors and more experienced colleagues. This is a concert where mature interpreters’ skills meet the extraordinary skills of young musicians who have come closer to their dream of a professional career through their experience in the master classes. The concert’s dramaturgy is based on a repertoire studied in the classes. Highly popular with the audience, a clarinet ensemble comprised of all master class participants and their professors will perform at the concert.

Johannes Brahms: Trio a-minor for clarinet, piano and violoncello Op.114
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Andantino Grazioso
IV. Allegro

Ivo Kahánek – piano, Petr Nouzovský - violoncello, Irvin Venyš – clarinet

Ondřej Kukal : Clarinettiana for Four Clarinets op. 35
I. Andante, moderato
II. Presto

Five Star Clarinet Quartet: Jiří Hlaváč, Vlastimil Mareš, Irvin Venyš – clarinets, Jan Mach – bass clarinet

Jiří Hlaváč: Air
Five Star Clarinet Quartet

Jiří Hlaváč: Ballad for an Old Lady
Five Star Clarinet Quartet

Eduard Zámečník: A Little Night Music for Clarinet Ensemble
The Festival’s Clarinet Ensemble