Musicians from the Czech Republic and Slovakia will perform during a concert on March 9, 2018 at 7.00 p.m. at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław.

From the beginning of its activity, the National Forum of Music is a place of meetings with world-famous artists. The building at Plac Wolności many times hosted great orchestras, such as Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra or Budapest Festival Orchestra. In the third season of the NFM, it is time for the next guests – Brno Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Case Scaglione.

In the 1870s, less than thirty-year-old Leoš Janáček decided to establish an orchestra in Brno. The composer then worked as a teacher and actively participated in the musical life of the city. Today's Brno Philharmonic, although it was officially founded in the 1950s, refers to traditions initiated by the Czech composer. Janáček's works occupy an important place in the orchestra's repertoire, hence the name of one of the most important Czech composers also appears in the concert program at NFM. The symphonic poem Šumařovo dítě is, unlike Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba, is one of the lesser known orchestral works of the composer. However, it shows the mature style of the artist. The story that inspired the composer to write Šumařovo dítě has its source in the Czech folk tale, more specifically in a poetic piece by Svatopluk Čech, the favorite writer of Janáček. The theme of this touching story is the difficult fate of the violinist and the child who travels with him through the villages. Therefore, in the concertmaster part we will find solo fragments that symbolize the main characters of the tale.

The Brno Philharmonic concert will also include Karol Szymanowski's Second Violin Concerto. The soloist part will be played by a violinist of Slovak origin, Milan Pala. The concert was made in just one month and was dedicated to the prominent violinist – Paweł Kochański. In 1932, the virtuoso himself turned to Szymanowski with a request for a new work for his repertoire. He performed the piece (the first and only time) a year later with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of the legendary Grzegorz Fitelberg. The programme of the concert will be completed with Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 2 – probably the most ambitious of all the composer's symphonies.

Tickets information at NFM.