Alžběta Poláčková & Orbis trio at Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia

About the Event

The vocal‐instrumental suite for soprano / soprano, violin, cello and piano, entitled Seven Romances on the Poems of Alexander Blok, first appeared in public in 1967 and is one of the masterpieces of Shostakovich's vocal output. Shostakovich's music is often bleak and brooding, but it is also imbued with great wisdom and hope for a better future for the world. Although the cycle is constructed as a single unit, each of the songs has a distinctive timbre and its own powerful musical and literary statement. They also differ in terms of instrumentation. All four performers come together on stage for the first time during the last song, aptly titled Music.

At the beginning of the concert, you can look forward to a lecture by an educator on the painting:
Max Švabinsky: The Poor Country, 1900 lecturer: Monika Švec Sybolová