Philharmonic at home I
CARL MARIA von WEBER Der Freischütz, overture, ANTONIO CARTELLIERI, Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B flat major (modern premiere), FRANZ SCHREKER Der Geburststag der Infantin, dance pantomime after Oscar Wilde’s fairy-tale
Emil Drápela clarinet, ProART Company, artistic director Martin Dvořák choreography, Brno Philharmonic, conductor Robert Kružík
• Overture to the first German Romantic opera (premiered in 1821 in Berlin) with a fairy-tale story, taking place perhaps somewhere in Šumava (Bohemian Forest) • A modern premiere of a Clarinet Concerto by Antonio Cartellieri (1772-1807), Beethoven’s contemporary, a composer, violinist and Kapellmeister in service of the Lobkowicz family at the Eisenberg chateau (today Jezeří u Litvínova) • A fairy-tale pantomime with graceful, secessionist music by Franz Schreker (1878-1934) written in 1908 for the celebrated Vienese dancer, Grete Wiesenthal • Dance performance by ProART Company, choreographed by Martin Dvořák
