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Jáchym Novotný

◄ LIVE, LIVE! ►

In memory of JUDr. Milada Horáková

Dear friends,

the composition Live, Live! for nonet and percussion, performed by Ensemble Terrible, was written to celebrate Marek Kopelent's 90th birthday. The composition also premiered at the Music Olomouc contemporary music festival, subtitled In to the Darkness. I was inspired by letters written by Milada Horáková from Pankrác Prison shortly before her murder by the communist regime. She wrote the letters to her loved ones, but their significance deserves our attention even today. The recording is from the premiere at Venuše ve Švehlovce in Prague on November 7, 2022. Dedicated to Professor Marek Kopelent. Special thanks to Lucie Maloveská and Jan Rösner.

     music: Jáchym Novotný 2022

 portrait drawings: Jáchym Novotný 2024  

   animation: Jáchym Novotný 2024

Performers

 flute: Marek Přiby

oboe & English horn:
       Anna Škreptáčová

clarinet & bass clarinet:
       Zlata Vohryzková

   bassoon: Emma Staňová 

      horn: Alexandra Ochmírová

 percussion: Michael Burt  

 violin: Erik Meisl 

     viola: Anežka Kroupová

      cello: Magdaléna Frantová

   double bass: Klára Pudláková  
  conductor: Patrik Kako.