THE BOHUSLAVMARTINŮ FOUNDATION THE BOHUSLAVMARTINŮ INSTITUTE THE INTERNATIONALMARTINŮCIRCLE MR juliette may—august 2016 / vol.XVI / no.2 in prague and berlin the greek passion special summer issue in graz with reviews the epic of gilgamesh of martinů’s premieres! in brno violin concerto — new discovery s w exciting ---nts ne - revıew cont NIGEL SIMEONE reviews the first two volumes of the 3 highlights / obituary Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition for the September remembering harry halbreich edition of Notes, the Quarterly Journal of the Music ALEŠ BŘEZINA Library Association. More details about the review are to be revealed soon on our website www.martinu.cz 4 imc news Quotes: 5 incircle news Symphony No.4: ”With the additional material in the appendices, and the extensive introduction and critical apparatus, this edition should be of the greatest interest to anybody performing or studying this symphony, particularly as the task of editing it has been done so meticulously.” 6 reviews juliette in prague & berlin The Epic of Gilgamesh: ”Březina’s edition is a model PETR VEBER, LENKA ŠALDOVÁ of its kind.” ”As well as the discussion of context and genesis, 8 news the introductory matter also includes a number bohuslav martinů complete edition of carefully chosen facsimile pages from various symphony no.4 stages in the work’s evolution (including the SHARON A. CHOA / SANDRA BERGMANNOVÁ preliminary sketch).” unusual scorings: ”As with the Fourth Symphony, Bärenreiter’s note- mixed chamber music setting is beautifully clear throughout, and well JITKA ZICHOVÁ laid-out on the page. As befits an edition of this kind, the paper is of high quality, as is the sturdy 9 research cloth binding of both volumes.” a concerto twice lost JANA HONZÍKOVÁ ”This new complete edition – which I strongly recom mend to music libraries and serious Martinů 10 reviews enthusi asts alike –should do much to bring his music in from the margins. These first two volumes the greek passion at the oper graz ❚ are a most auspicious start to the project.” 12 portrait y The Epic of Gilgamesh was awarded the German Music Edition Prize for Best Edition of 2016 …your performance totally engrossed me… / part 1 bohuslav martinů days 2014 jakub hrůša on jiří bělohlávek 14 research A NEW CD, featuring performances at the ballet the shadow, H 102 Bohuslav Martinů Days 2014 festival, is under MICHAEL CRUMP preparation. The album, which you will receive with the next issue of the Martinů Revue, 16 interview contains the following compositions: String Quartet No. 4, H 256 …with tomáš jamník ANNA MATOUŠKOVÁ Sedláček Quartet (first prize at the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation Competition 2014) The Sedláček Quartet the tale of a corrected note TOMÁŠ JAMNÍK Field Mass, H 279, cantata for baritone, male chorus and orchestra recorded at a concert given by the Prague reviews HISTORICAL RECORDING, Supraphon, 1958 Mixed Choir in 2016 according to the new 18 Choir of the Vít Nejedlý Army Artistic Ensemble, results of research for the Bohuslav Martinů dido and gilgamesh Czech Philharmonic Soloists Choir, Bohumír Complete Edition. Prague Mixed Choir, members at the janáček theatre in brno Liška (Conductor), Theodor Šrubař (Baritone) of the Band of the Castle Guards and Police of MICHAELA VOSTŘELOVÁ, OLGA JANÁČKOVÁ Field Mass, H 279 — alternative ending the Czech Republic, Jiří Petrdlík (Conductor). ❚ 2 | martinůrevue22016 17 October 2016 operas > Czech Museum of Music, Prague, CZ WORLD PREMIERES OF THE BOHUSLAV THREE WISHES OR INCONSTANCY MARTINŮ COMPLETE EDITION, VOL. 4 highlights OF THE LIFE, H 175 SERENADE NO. 1, H 217 26 October 2016 SERENADE NO. 3, H 218 6 November 2016 LES RONDES, H 200 nd > National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, STOWE PASTORALS, H 335, 2 benefit concert Ostrava, CZ NONET NO. 2, H 374 www.ndm.cz Members of of the bohuslav PKF — Prague JULIETTE, H 253 Philharmonia martinů institute 26 October 2016 4 November 2016 EPIC OF GILGAMESH, H 351 28 November 2016 / 7.30 pm ] 22 + 31 March 2017 (Volume No. 1) 3 April 2017 > Kaiserstein Palace, Prague, CZ (together with Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell) More info: www.martinu.cz > National Theatre, Prague, CZ 15 + 16 + 18 November 2016 LEOŠ JANÁČEK www.narodni-divadlo.cz > National Theatre Brno, CZ Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs — www.ndbrno.cz selection PLAYS OF MARY, H 236 BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ 16 + 27 December 2016 The New Slovak Songs, H 126 (1920) — > National Theatre Brno, CZ THE SPECTRE’S BRIDE, 214 A selection www.ndbrno.cz WORLD PREMIERE OF THE BOHUSLAV Martina Janková (Soprano), MARTINŮ COMPLETE EDITION, VOL. 3 Tomáš Král (Baritone), 23 November 2016 Ivo Kahánek (Piano) > Janáček’s Theatre, Brno, CZ first performances www.filharmonie-brno.cz Adriana Kohútková (Soprano), Peter Berger (Tenor), prepared according Jozef Benci (Bass), Brno Philharmonic, Jiří Rožeň (Conductor), Brno Philharmonic Choir, festivals to the bohuslav martinů Petr Fiala (Choirmaster) 22. MARTINŮ FESTTAGE 2016 complete edition EPIC OF GILGAMESH, H 351 12—27 November 2016 (Volume No. 1) > Basel FIELD MASS, H 279 25 + 26 + 27 January 2017 More info: www.martinu.ch (Volume No. 3) > Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall 23 September 2016 www.ceskafilharmonie.cz > Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ DAYS 2016 Lucy Crowe (Soprano), Andrew Staples (Tenor), International Music Festival Dvořákova Praha 20 November — 22 December 2016 Derek Welton (Baritone), Jan Martiník (Bass), www.dvorakovapraha.cz > Prague Prague Philharmonic Choir, Lukáš Vasilek Czech Philharmonic, Jiří Bělohlávek More info: www.martinu.cz (Conductor), (Choirmaster), Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Lukáš Vasilek Jiří Bělohlávek (Conductor) (Choirmaster), Svatopluk Sem (Baritone) obituary to the Köchel catalogue of W. A. Mozart’s works. remembering The catalogue was published in its second version in 2007 and became synonymous with research on Bohuslav Martinů's works the world over. harry halbreich In the preamble to the revised Catalogue of Bo - hu slav Martinů Works, Harry Halbreich confesses: / ALEŠ BŘEZINA “[…] This catalogue would never have come into being had it not been for the generous support, ON MONDAY, 27 June 2016, the eminent Belgian numerous stimuli and encouraging, as well as expert on Czech music, musicologist Harry practical assistance, on the part of the Bohuslav Halbreich, passed away after a long and difficult Martinů Institute – its director Aleš Březina (who illness. As a leading personality who made an has become a good friend of mine) and his diligent unparalleled contribution to Martinů research, Society. That event became a crucial moment of his female associates, whom I can denominate the he also authored publications on Olivier Messiaen, life as he decided to devote his life entirely to music. true co-authors of the book. For years, the Bohuslav Arthur Honegger, Edgar Varèse, as well as Iannis As the 1950's were coming to an end, he finished Martinů Institute has made me feel at home.” Xenakis and Giacchinto Scelsi. He was a frequent his studies with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Con - We are immensely saddened by the passing of this jury member in contemporary music festivals and servatory and began to work as an assistant in noble friend of Czech culture, who was a frequent, chaired the Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles. a company that imported Supraphon recordings and very welcome, visitor to the Bohuslav Martinů He first discovered the music of Bohuslav Mar - to France. He first came to Prague in 1958 and Institute. tinů in 1948 when he saw Rafael Kubelík conduct continued to return to the city ever since. He cre - An article about Harry Halbreich was pub lished his Double concerto at the Brussels Philharmonic ated the Bohuslav Martinů catalogue, comparable in Martinů Revue, No. 1, January–April 2014, page 4. ❚ martinůrevue22016 | 3 ws amateur musicians imc ne from the netherlands play martinů / GERT FLOOR SJEF DE KORT (born 1973 Breda, Netherlands) studied French horn and con ducting at the Hague Royal Con - servatory. He works as a con ductor of several amateur symphony and wind orchestras. Sjef de Kort Concert in Polička, CZ, June 2016. Gert Floor sixth from the right I met him when he coached a group of ama teur musicians preparing Bohuslav Mar - at Brno Academy. Petráš was present at my final tional, where it seems to become just a mo ment tinů’s magnifi cent Nonet No.2, H 374, in which exams in The Hague. too much for the then already very sick composer. I played the viola part. This came at the initia tive In the Netherlands the music of Martinů is But he regains his com posure, it seems, with the of his father, Fons de Kort, an enthusiastic ama - almost never played, and if it is played, this is at repeat of the opening section of that movement. teur French horn player, IMC member and admirer the initiative of pupils themselves. That is such I have also puzzled over the tempo of the of Czech music in general. a pity! I regard his music very highly: he is very second movement, indicated Andante: should this “Do you feel specially drawn to Czech music?” clear in how he wants things to sound. He has move ment be defined by expectation of death, like and “How did this originate?” I asked him. searched for — and really found! — his own style, many performances seem to suggest (playing very “Sure!” he replies: “Oldřich Milek, my French in which the lines of melody in the accom pa ni ment slowly), or is life still going on? horn teacher, who escaped many years ago to the and in the principal melody are quite clearly sepa - The “complicated” rhythms in the music of Mar - Netherlands and guided me from my 10th until rated from each other by the instrumentation, tinů are, in fact, not entirely complicated: every my 30th year, has educated me according to the resulting in a distinctive tone colour.