Praga Arcana thus refers to the parallel, spiritual history of Prague
The world symphonic premiere of the suite Praga Arcana by Jan Ryant Drízal is dedicated to Tomáš Brauner and the FOK on the occasion of the presidency of the Czech Republic in the Council of the European Union.
At the first subscription concerts Symphony Orchestra m Prague FOK music will be played Jan Ryant Drízal AND Ludwig van Beethoven. Both concerts are in the spirit of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. On Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 September Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Ode to Joy will be heard in the Smetana network of the Municipal House, in which Sophia Brommer, Václava Krejčí Housková, Tomáš Juhás, and Günther Groissböck will perform. Together with them, the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno will perform and the entire performance will be conducted by the chief conductor of the FOK Tomas Brauner.
At the beginning of the evening, a symphonic light will be played Prague Arcana one of the most sought-after Czech composers Jan Ryant Drízal. This piece was commissioned by the Symphony Orchestra. m of Prague FOK and, as the name suggests, is dedicated to our capital.
The author himself says about this: “The offer to create a composition with a Prague theme came at the time when I unexpectedly moved with my family to Hradčany. I then walked every day over the sacred hill of Žiži, on which today the St. Vitus Cathedral (Svantovitá) stands. , and in the silent company of alchemical house signs, I descended all the way to the Old Town. From the study window, I sensed the Pyramid Hotel, and in the next street the antiquarian Hledajáci with its hermetic literature mysteriously beckoned me. And precisely the mysterious books of Martin Stejskal, Daniela Hodrová, Milan Špůrk, Bohumil Vurm and Gustav Meyrink, were possible inspirations that revealed to me the depth of what we now call Praga Magica’.
More about the creation of this piece and the collaboration with the Symphony Orchestra m of Prague FOK will reveal himself Jan Ryant Drízal in an interview with Martina Klausová against Sunday, September 18 at 4:30 p.m. You can listen to the replay on Monday 19.9. at 11:30 a.m.
Photo: Eva Orossová