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25th Festival of Sacred Music Opening Gala Concert Thursday | 20 September 2018 | 17:00 | Church of Our Lady of the Snows Co-production with Olomouc Museum of Art Years of Disarray 1908-1928. Avant-garde Art in Central Europe. On the occasion of K. Penderecki’s 85th birthday K. Penderecki: Credo Iwona Hossa / soprano I Karolina Sikora / soprano II Anna Lubańska / alto Adam Zdunikowski / tenor Piotr Nowacki / bass Orchestra, mixed and boys’ choir Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Cracow Teresa Majka-Pacanek , mixed choir choirmaster Lidia Matynian / boys’ choir choirmaster Krzysztof Penderecki / conductor Sunday | 23 September 2018 | 19.00 | St. Wenceslas Cathedral K. Jenkins: Stabat Mater Lucie Ceralová / alto Iva Bittová / etnické vocals Vlastimil Matoušek / shakuachi Ars Brunensis / choir Dan Kalousek / choirmaster Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Zlín Stanislav Vavřínek / conductor Wednesday | 26 September 2018 | 19.00 | Olomouc Archdiocesan Museum, Mozarteum Screening of Czech Television recording of 2002 Festival final concert J. Suk: Asrael W. Kilar: Koscielec Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Katowice Stanislav Macura / conductor Sunday | 30 September 2018 | 19.00 | St. Wenceslas Cathedral Katta: Vox Organi Katta (Kateřina Chroboková) – author, organ, vocals Premiere of the artist’s new work Wednesday | 3 October 2018 | 19.00 |Palacky University Arts Centre, Corpus Christi Chapel Instrumental music of late baroque period F. Couperin: Premier Concert Royal G. P. Telemann: Paris Quartet No. 12 J. M. Leclair: Deuxième récréation de musique (selection) C. P. E. Bach: Trio Sonata in D-Major, Wq 151 Récréation de musique Ensemble Martin Daněk – oboe Magda Malá – violin Jan Zemen – violoncello Monika Knoblochová – cembalo Sunday | 7 October 2018 | 19:00 | St. Maurice Church - TV Noe, ČR Vltava radio To celebrate 100 years of Czechoslovak independence J. B. Foerster: Oratorio St. Wenceslas Tomáš Černý / tenor – St. Wenceslas Barbora Polášková / mezzosoprano – St. Ludmila Michaela Zajmi / soprano - Drahomíra Ivo Hrachovec / bass - Vladivoj Jiří Přibyl / baritone - Boleslav Jakub Kettner/ baritone - Podiven Jakub Rousek / tenor - Hněvsa Roman Hoza / baritone – Radslav, Česta David Szendiuch / bass - Týra Jan Fišar / speaker – Spirit of Time Kantiléna Brno, children’s choir Michal Jančík a Jakub Klecker / choirmasters Moravian-Silesian National Theatre Opera choir Jurij Galatenko / choirmaster Hradec Králové Philharmonic Jakub Klecker / conductor Sunday | 14 October 2018 | 19:00 | Church of the Annunciation (The Capuchins) – ČR Vltava radio Music for Olomouc Bishop Stanislav Pavlovsky Nicolaus Zangius, Jacobus Handl Gallus: Missa a moteto Undique flammatis Olomucum sedibus arsit Ensemble Versus Vladimír Maňas / artistic director Capella Ornamentata Richard Šeda / artistic director Gala final concert of the 25th Festival Friday | 19 October 2018 | 19.00 | St. Wenceslas Cathedral – TV Noe G. Verdi: Requiem Nana Miriani / soprano Jana Sýkorová / alto Tomáš Černý / tenor Martin Gurbal / bass Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno Petr Fiala / choirmaster Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc Jaromír M. Krygel / conductor Programme subject to change. www.podzimni-festival.cz .

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