Pavel Šporcl issues a Christmas album. As part of his tour he will also visit Brno

4 December 2017, 4:00
Pavel Šporcl issues a Christmas album. As part of his tour he will also visit Brno

Pavel Šporcl has recorded his first Christmas album with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor Sebastian Lang–Lessing. It is called Christmas on the Blue Violin. The guests on the album are the Czech choir Boni pueri and the harpist Jana Boušková.

This disc with famous as well as less well-known Christmas melodies, songs and traditional carols in special arrangements for solo violin with orchestral accompaniment was issued on 3 November by Universal Music. The new album Christmas on the Blue Violin includes, aside from the song Rolničky, the magical Silent Night or Schubert’s Ave Maria also the composition Modlitba (Prayer), the latest work by Pavel Šporcl. “The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is undoubtedly one of the best in the world. I have already worked with them several times, but this was our first recording together. It was a rewarding experience. In the same way it took my breath away to make music with the wonderful and world-renowned conductor Sebastian Lang–Lessing,” added Pavel Šporcl on his recording in Liverpool.

In a series of Christmas concerts he will visit eleven Bohemian and Moravian towns and cities, including Brno. The concert will take place on 11 December 2017 from 7 p.m. in the Boby Centre Hall. The violinist will be accompanied by the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, the Czech boys’ choir Boni pueri and the soprano and twice winner of a Thálie prize in 2012 Jana Šrejma Kačírková. All the concerts will be conducted by Jan Kučera.

Pavel Šporcl/ Photo Zika

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