Harnessing Bard’s unusual ability to integrate orchestral, vocal, and chamber works within a single event, this Opening Night Celebration is the first of three programs devoted exclusively to Martinů’s own music.
Although none of the featured works were composed in his homeland, all testify to its profound spiritual importance to him. Set to Czech folk texts, the nostalgic song cycle Petrklíč / Primrose draws on the modes and rhythms of Moravian dance. Czech folk influences likewise color the Fantasia, in which oboe and theremin function as dueling soloists, illustrating Martinů’s creative approach to timbre. Commissioned for The Cleveland Orchestra to …
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