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
Heroes with Six Legs
Description:
An exhibition of entomological boxes on loan from the Entomological Department of the Moravian Museum, alongside selected works from Jan Zuziak’s collection, will be part of the concert.
Commemorating 110 years since the death of Jean-Henri Fabre.
The word art is etymologically related to both artificial and artful—its antonyms, then, might be ineptitude, but also something entirely natural. Six-Legged Heroes is a concert that explores this ambiguous borderland between nature and culture. It is built upon a mythic tale of a world once ruled by wise insects—beetles, to be exact—until they were replaced by wiser, more responsible humans.
At Dělnický dům in Brno–Židenice, home to some of the country’s largest entomological fairs, the concert will feature the world premieres of beetle-inspired compositions by Miroslav Pudlák and Lucie Páchová, commissioned by BCO. Their works will be performed alongside music by Heiner Goebbels, Agata Zubel, and Elliott Sharp. In addition to the live performances, the audience can view an installation of entomological display boxes, containing both actual beetles and human interpretations of beetledom curated by Jan Zuziak.
Before the world was ruled by wise humans, it was ruled by wise insects—mainly beetles (yes, the original Beatles). But once humans had taken over everything, they began to grow lazy. They stopped hunting—others did it for them. They stopped farming—others did it for them. They stopped cooking—others did it for them. They stopped walking—and had food delivered to their homes.
From their comfy chairs, they managed everything online: shopping, working, socializing. When they had to go somewhere, they drove personal vehicles with combustion engines—and later, electric ones. They built roads, highways, parking lots, and logistic hubs everywhere they went. Then they stopped thinking. AI took over. Eventually, only a single grove remained where the beetles lived, singing joyfully all day long. And then they too died out—and were replaced by people.
Program
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Miroslav Pudlák – new work (BCO commission)
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Lucie Páchová – new work (BCO commission)
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Heiner Goebbels – Red Run
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Agata Zubel – The Streets of Human City
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Elliott Sharp – Plastic Castle
Brno Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Pavel Šnajdr
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