It has not finished with Janáček!
The Brno Contemporary Orchestra (BCO) was established in 2011 with the purpose to present contemporary world music at home and Czech music abroad (with overlaps to the music of the 20th century).
We want to draw up listeners and show them that the music is a part of our daily life. By compact dramaturgic units and by original projects linking music with other arts (film, visual arts, etc.) we wish to be attractive not only for the audience, but even for composers – which we want to motivate to create new pieces made-to-measure for the orchestra.
The founder, artistic director and conductor of BCO is Pavel Šnajdr.
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Next concert
The Little Laurel Crown
Description:
Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The concert will feature master of ceremonies Pavel Čeněk Vaculík and a performance by flag bearers.
From an early age, we are taught that history is written by the victors—those crowned with laurel leaves. But the laurel wreath intended for the executioner who dreamed of a single “pure” race was thankfully lost, and we sincerely hope it is never found again.
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we present a cabaret that revives the compositions and pamphlets of Jewish authors who never imagined the fate that awaited them. At Cabaret des Peches, we will hear Sonata Erotica by Erwin Schulhoff alongside period operetta hits, reimagined through contemporary recomposition. These works will appear together with Mauricio Kagel’s Ten Marches to Miss the Victory, performed with a splash of irony and pageantry—complete with flag bearers and a master of ceremonies who knows how to ask: who really wins, and who is defeated?
Once upon a time, the executioner was the most respected figure in town. He maintained racial purity, thought control, and the pragmatics of daily life. Everyone had what they needed. Everyone did what they were told. When the executioner retired, he threw a laurel wreath into the crowd—and whoever caught it became the new executioner. One day, however, the wreath was lost. And it has never been found.
Program
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Mauricio Kagel – Ten Marches to Miss the Victory
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Fritz Grünbaum – I Saw Helena in the Pool
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Fritz Grünbaum / Petr Kofroň – I Saw Helena in the Pool, version for BCO
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Erwin Schulhoff – Sonata Erotica
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Mauricio Kagel – March No. 1
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Jean Gilbert (Max Winterfeld) / Marek Piaček – “Ist es wahr, was alle sagen?” from the operetta Chaste Susie
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Mauricio Kagel – March No. 5
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Robert Stolz / Trevor Grahl (text by Fritz Grünbaum) – “Du sollst der Keiser meiner Seele sein” from the operetta Der Favorit
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Mauricio Kagel – March No. 7
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Jaromír Weinberger / Marek Piaček – Aria and duet from the opera The People of Poker Flat
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Mauricio Kagel – March No. 10
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Hugo Haas / Pavel Haas – Life Is a Dog, adapted for BCO based on Karel Soukup’s period arrangement
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Trevor Grahl – Straussiana for BCO and soprano (without text)
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