Saturday, April 5, 2014

Kabeláč - Symphony No.8, Metamorphoses II

The music of Miloslav Kabeláč is characterised by his own extraordinary artificial tone-creative principles. His musical expression makes use of elements of exclamation, rhythmic shouts, monotonous and exalted invocations, mysterious, magical and symbolic meanings. The basic ideas of Kabeláč’s works is namely an emphatic warning against the danger of a decline of all positive values of humanity in context of the historical situation at the time of the origin of main works (World War II, communist regime in our country and the Soviet occupation of Czechia in 1968). Typical orchestration and and favourite instrumentation: symphonic orchestra, percussion ensemble, organ, piano, mixed choir, solo vocals. Performers Václav Neumann (conductor), Prague Percussion Ensemble, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Rabas (organ), František Maxián (piano), Jana Jonášová (soprano).

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