Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness. [Job 30:26]
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| Igor Ardasev | Alice Rajnohova | |
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| Rudolf Kundera | Geraldine Thomsen-Muchova | |
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| Le Dome, Paris | 1, rue de Medicis, Paris | Hanus Weigl |
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| Marketa Mareckova as Kapralova |
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Writer/Director: Rudolf Chudoba, author of critically acclaimed music documentaries "Once Written in Golden Letters" (on Czech opera), "Italianissimo Antonio Salieri", and "Suite for One Life" (on Jewish-Czech composer Pavel Haas). Producer: Marie Kucerova Photography: Pavel Brynych, Honza Stangl, Josef Visek Performers of Kapralova music (all new recordings): Military Sinfonietta - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and Tomas Hanus, conductor April Preludes - Igor Ardasev Variations sur le Carillon de l'Eglise St-Etienne du Mont - Alice Rajnohova-Flajsingrova Partita - Alice Rajnohova-Flajsingrova [pf], Czech Chamber Soloists and Tomas Hanus, conductor Concertino for Violin, Clarinet and Orchestra - WORLD PREMIERE. Pavel Busek [cl], Pavel Wallinger [vl], Czech Chamber Soloists and Tomas Hanus, conductor. Kapralova's Concertino was reconstructed by Milos Stedron (Masaryk University, Brno) and Leos Faltus (Janacek Academy of Music, Brno). The following musicologists were interviewed for the documentary: Mikulas Bek (The Masaryk University), Jiri Zahradka (The Moravian Museum of Brno), and Milos Stedron (The Masaryk University). Vitezslava Kapralova's contemporaries who are appearing in the documentary: Composer Geraldine Thomsen-Muchova, Ladislav Sitensky, and friends Hanus Weigl and Rudolf Kundera. Filmed on location: Czech Republic: Brno, Prague, Village of Tri Studne France: Paris, Vieux Moulin, Montpellier Archival footage and photographs courtesy of: The National Film Board, Prague; Czech Radio (Studio Brno); the Moravian Museum of Brno; the Kapralova Estate. The one-hour documentary 'Last Concertino' will be premiered at the International Television Film Festival "Golden Prague", on 6-10 May, 2001. Festival information: http://goldenprague.czech-tv.cz The television premiere is scheduled for 3 June 2001 at 21:00 on CTV2. Repeat broadcast: 28 July, 2001 at 14:05 on CTV2. For information on a version with English subtitles please contact: Marie Kucerova Producer Czech Television Behounska 18 658 88 Brno Czech Republic e-mail: marie.kucerova@czech-tv.cz |
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Vitezslava Kapralova [life and work] [photographs] |
Text and photographs © Czech Television (Studio Brno), 2001. English translation © The Kapralova Society, 2001. Web design and hosting: The Kapralova Society