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April Preludes / Dubnova preludia, op. 13. Piano / klavir. 1937.
Premiered by Dana Setkova, Pritomnost Society, Prague 5.10.1937. Other performances: on November 1939 in Prague; Rudolf Firkusny at a concert of La Societe de la Musique Contemporaine at "La Salle d'Archives Internationales de la Dance", 6, rue Vital, Paris-16e, on 28.1.1940 (the program was also broadcast); Karel Jandera at a concert organized by ROH in the Municipal Library of Prague on 18.9.1945; broadcast on 17.6.1946 by Brno Radio; Vaclav Holzknecht (I,III) for Ultraphon in 1947(?); Ludmila Novotna on 12.1.1950 in Olomouc at a concert organized by Jednota slovanskych zen, and on 1.6.1950 in Brno-Kralovo Pole at an anniversary concert organized by the Czechoslovak Women's Union; Jan Erml in Brno on 23.1.1955; Heda Stonavska at a concert organized by the Janacek Academy in collaboration with the Czechoslovak Composers Union in Brno on 24.1.1955; E. Holubarova at the Writers' Club in Prague on 4.5.1955; Bozena Pidermannova for Supraphon, 1955; Vera Canova at a concert of AMU on 9.12.1955 in Prague; broadcast on 25.1.1965 in Brno Radio; Dagmar Simonkova on 17.3.1965 in Prague at an anniversary concert organized by the Czechoslovak Composers Union and on 3.12.1968 in Composers' Club in Prague; prof. Heirova [pf] in Brno in December 1965; Jan Erml (1955), Otakar Vondrovic (1975), and Jaroslav Smykal (1991) for the Brno Radio; Zdislava Otrubova in 1971 at a concert of the Brno Conservatory; Otakar Vondrovic at the Prague Spring Festival, Valdstejska jizdarna, Prague, on 24.5.1975; Chemda Raz in 1986 at a festival of women's music in Beer Seve; Chemda Raz in a broadcast from Tel-Aviv on 28.6.1987; Virginia Eskin for Northeastern Records in 1992; Ivana Hotarkova on 2.4.1993 at the graduation concert of JAMU in Brno; Renata Bialasova on 16.10.1995 in Brno-Kralovo Pole; Jaroslav Smykal for the Brno Radio in 1991 and released on the Studio Matous label in 1998, broadcast by Czech Radio Vltava on 15.08.2000; Tomas Visek on 19.9.1998 (Prague), 20.3.1999 (Prague) and 29.3.1999 (Brno); Mari Tokuda on 6.6.1999 in Tokyo; the 1991 recording released by Studio Matous broadcast by De Concertzender Radio, Holland on 14.7. and 19.7.1999; Tomas Visek on 15.9.1999 (Tri Studne), 8.12.1999 (Nove Mesto na Morave), 17.12.1999 (Sissach, Switzerland), 9.2.2000 (Prague) and 22.4.2000 (Klasterec nad Ohri); Jodi Huang [I,III] at her graduation concert at York University, Toronto, on 30.3.2000; Linda Bartkova at the Brno Conservatory on 2.5.2000 and Tri Studne on 6.9.2000; Antonin Kubalek at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto, on 6.10.2000; Sabina Vajdova in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 13.11.2000. Broadcast on February 1, 2001 on Public Radio for Eastern New York and Western New England, United States, with pianist Virginia Eskin. Performed by Kuang-Hao Huang at the International Conference on Music Suppressed by the Third Reich, at the Old Cabell Hall Auditorium, University of Virginia, United States, on 24.3.2001, and at Lily Raid Holt Memorial Chapel of Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois on 8.4.2001. The 1991 recording with pianist Jaroslav Smykal was broadcast on Czech Radio Vltava in Prague on 16.4.2001 and the third prelude [Andante Semplice] on CBC Radio Two during the program In Performance, on 3.5.2001. Recorded for a tv documentary Last Concertino by Igor Ardasev in Brno on 3-4.2.2001. TV documentary introduced at the International TV Film Festival Golden Prague on May 6-10, 2001 and previewed in Kino ART in Brno on 16.5.2001. TV premiere on 3.6.2001 on CTV 2, repeated broadcast on 28.7.2001, 8.1.2005, 12.1.2005, and 25.12.2009. Allegro ma non troppo and Andante performed by Tomas Visek at a concert organized by the Mayor's Office in Tri Studne on 12.9.2001. 4th mvt "Vivo", recorded by Virginia Eskin for Northeastern Records, was broadcast on Network Chicago on 1.10.2001, 14.6.2002; and 29.1.2003. Performed by Jenny Lin on 20.1.2002 at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, and on 19.2.2002 at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University, New York, United States; Erik Entwistle at the Anderson Center for the Arts at the Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY on 12.04.2002; Tomas Visek in Tri Studne on 14.9.2002; Jenny Lin in Puurs, Belgium on 29.9.2002 and in Gaschurn, Austria on 6.10.2002; Cornelia Mühlenhof in Hechingen, Germany on 6.10.2002; Jenny Lin at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, on 25.10.2002; the Supraphon recording by Bozena Pidermannova broadcast during Musica Moderna by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 13.12.2002; Claudio Canal at the Cafe Pregresso in Torino, Italy, on 12.12.2002, and at the Sala Soster di Palazzo Festari in Valdagno, Italy, on 17.1.2003; Daniela Hlinkova at the recital of Entartete Musik at Hoschule für Musik Köln, Germany, on 29.6.2003. The 1998 Studio Matous recording of the work was broadcast on 27.8.2003 on Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) as part of the 45-minute documentary Skladatelka a dirigentka Vitezslava Kapralova and on 8.11.2003 as part of the 59-minute documentary Vitezslava Kapralova [1915-1940]. Performed by Erik Entwistle at the Faculty Artist Recital at Longy School of Music at Cambridge, Massachusetts on 4.12.2003; excerpts from the work (the 1998 Studio Matous recording) were broadcast by Radio Prague on 12.4.2004; performed by Igor Ardasev in Besedni dum in Brno on 20.4.2004 - his performance was broadcast by Radio Vltava on 25.7.2004 and by Polskie Radio on 16.11.2004; by Jakub Kozak at ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove in Brno on 21.5.2004. The 1998 Matous Studio recording was broadcast by Sveriges Radio P2 on 30.8. and 5.9. 2004. Andante and Vivo performed by Jakub Kozak at Tri Studne on 9.9.2004 and in Sal Z. Podhajske in Prague on 2.12.2004; Andante performed by Jana Pelikanova at the Bezrucova Opava Festival on 23.9.2004. Performance by Jaroslav Smykal broadcast by Radio Vltava as part of the program "Zivot klaviristy: Matine s Jaroslavem Smykalem" on 13.10.2004. Allegro ma non troppo was broadcast by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) during the program Akademie on 12.1.2005; Jaroslav Smykal's performance was broadcast by the Czech Radio (Brno Studio) on 19.2.2005 and by WPRB Princeton on 9.3.2005. Virginia Eskin's performance of April Preludes [Northeastern Records] was broadcast by CBC Radio 2 on 6.2.2005 and by WMFT Chicago on 10.6.2005. Igor Ardasev's recorded performance [Brno, 20.4.2004] was broadcast by Musiq3, RTFB, Belgium, on March 31, 2005 at 9:30 during the Concert du Matin program. Performed by Jakub Kozak at ZUS V. Kapralove in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 11.4.2005. Radio Brno's recording of Jaroslav Smykal's performance broadcast by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 13.7.2005. Performed by Renata Bialasova at ZUS V. Kapralove in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 24.10.2005 and in House Larenz in Koenigswinter in Germany on 22.1.2006. Performed as a solo piano composition by Petr Jirikovsky [pf] and as a piano trio [arr. Josef Ceremuga] by the Martinu Trio (Pavel Sarafik, Jaroslav Matejka, and Petr Jirikovsky) at the Komponistinen und Ihr Werk Festival in Kassel, Germany, on 20.11.2005. Performed by Sonya Szabo-Reynolds in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Cincinnati Public Library on 18.3.2006, at Xavier University on 23.1.2006, and at Premier Pianos on 9.4.2006. Performed by Virginia Eskin for a radio document First Ladies of Music broadcast at WGBH Boston on 30.4.2006, JPR Ashland, Oregon, on 21.5.2006, WFMT Chicago, Illinois, on 24.5.2006, and at KWAX, University of Oregon on 5.6.2006. Performance by Jaroslav Smykal broadcast by Radio Vltava as part of the program "Zivot klaviristy: Matine s Jaroslavem Smykalem" on 11.10.2006. Performed by Cornelia Mühlenhoff in Herrenberg, Germany on 22.10.2006; Jaroslav Smykal performance was broadcast by Sveriges Radio 2 on 1.12.2006; performed by Marie Lapkova at her graduation concert at New Adalbertin Concert Hall in Hradec Kralove on 22.3.2007. Vivo was performed by Virginia Eskin at Monadnock Music Festival in Peterborough, New Hampshire, on 2.8.2007. Performed by Sonya Szabo Reynolds at Xavier University, United States, on 29.7.2007, at Premier Pianos in Cincinnati, Ohio on 14.10.2007, and at Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, on 21.10.2007. Performed by Marja Bon in Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 23.1.2008; Performed by Marcel Worms at the Theater de Cameleon in Amsterdam on 27.4.2008 and broadcast by the Radio Mona Lisa on 3.5.2008. Jaroslav Smykal's performance of the work was broadcast on Czech Radio (D-Dur) on 8.7.2008 and repeated on Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 12.7.2008. Performed by Virginia Eskin at the Adyghe State University in Maykop, Russia (the Russian premiere) on 21.11.2008. Andante semplice was performed by Peter Geisselbrecht at Riedstadt, Germany on 27.11.2008. Performed by Virginia Eskin at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on 10.12.2008. Virginia Eskin's recording for Koch Records was broadcast during the Classics in the Morning program by WGBH Boston on 6.2.2009. Jaroslav Smykal's recording for the Brno Radio archives was broadcast by the Czech Radio Brno on 5.4.2009. Virginia Eskin's recording for Koch Records was broadcast by CKWR Waterloo on 4.5.2009. Performed by Jaroslava Pechocova in Prague on 14.6.2009 and at the Concentus Moraviae Festival in Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, on 25.6.2009; the latter performance was broadcast by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 29.11.2009. Performed by Martin Kasik at the Moravian Autumn Festival in Brno on 9.10.2009. Performed by Andrey Angelev on 16.12.2009 at the Bulgaria Chamber Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Spring on the Meadows / Jaro na polonine. A miniature for piano / klavirni drobnost. 1937.

Three Piano Pieces for Children / Tri klavirni skladbicky pro deti. 1937.
Two of the pieces premiered on 31.5.1937 in Prague by pupils of Prof. R. Sichova.

Waving Farewell / Sbohem a satecek, op. 14. Voice and piano / zpev a klavir. 1937.
Premiered by Jarmila Vavrdova and the author [pf] at the Victoria College in Prague on 19.6.1937. Other performances: 11.11.1937 and 18.11.1937 (?) by Jarmila Vavrdova in Prague; 6.2.1946 by Jarmila Vavrdova and Dr. Vaclav Holzknecht at a concert of Umelecka Beseda in Prague; broadcast on 17.6.1946 by Brno Radio; Zdenka Kosatikova and Ludmila Novotna [pf] at a concert organized by Jednota slovanskych zen in Olomouc on 15.11.1947; Vaclav Holzknecht in 1947 for Ultraphon (I, III); Milada Gotthardova-Weibergrova [S] and Ludmila Novotna at an anniversary concert organized by the Czechoslovak Women's Union in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 1.6.1950; Milada Gotthardova-Weinbergrova and Jan Erml [pf] on 23.1.1955 in Brno; Olga Haasova-Kunderova and Josefa Hlouskova [pf] on 12.6.1958 at the Brno Conservatory; Vlasta Prosova and Marie Maresova [pf] on 17.3.1965 in Prague at the anniversary concert organized by the Czechoslovak Composers Union; Zdena Matouskova and Jiri Pokorny (?) at the concert of Young Artists, Prague Spring Festival, on 18.5. 1982 in Pamatnik narodniho pisemnictvi in Prague; Anna Kratochvilova and Drahomira Ritzova [pf] on 21.2.1988; Tamara Brummerova and Jiri Niedoba for Czech Radio (Ostrava) and the Stylton label in 1996, the recording was broadcast on Czech Radio Vltava on 1.10.1999; Tomas Visek [pf] and Monika Splouchalova at the concert of renewed Pritomnost Society in Prague on 9.2.2000; Sabina Vajdova [pf] and Jana Stefackova [voice] in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 13.11.2000; Irena Houkalova [voice] and Jaroslav Saroun [pf] at the Studio 1 of the Czech Radio (Vltava) in Prague on 9.1.2002 (live broadcast); Caroline Helton [S] and Timothy Cheek [pf] at Britton Recital Hall at the University of Michigan School of Music on 24.1.2002 and broadcast on UMTV (U of Michigan), Channel 22 on 22.2.2002 at 18:00. Repeat broadcasts: 24.2.2002 at 21:00, 27.2.2002 at 21:00, 28.2.2002 at 19:00, 22.3.2002 at 19:00, 25.3.2002 at 20:00, 27.3.2002 at 21:00, 31.3.2002 at 19:00, 17.6.2002 at 19:30, 20.6.2002 at 22:30, 8.7.2002 at 20:00, 14.7.2002 at 18:00, 25.7.2002 at 18:00, 30.7.2002 at 18:00, 15.8.2002 at 19:00, 26.8.2002 at 22:00, 4.5.2003 at 9:00, 5.5.2003 at 11:00, 6.5.2003 at 2:00 and 16:00, 31.5.2003 at 21:00, 1.6.2003 at 11:00, 2.6.2003 at 2:00 and 16:00, 7.7.2003 at 17:00, 8.7.2003 at 7:00 and 22:00, 9.7.2003 at 12:00, 17.3.2003 at 20:00, 18.7.2003 at 10:00, and 19.7.2003 at 1:00 and 15:00. Performed by Irena Houkalova [S] and Martina Novakova [pf] at Foerster Hall in Prague on 1.5.2002 and Atrium Zizkov in Prague on 6.5.2002; Katerina Machackova [S] and Danuse Kristkova [pf] at a graduation recital of JAMU in Brno on 14.5.2002; Irena Houkalova [S] and Jaroslav Saroun [pf] at Antonin Dvorak Memorial in Vysoka on 31.5.2002; Zuzana Fiserova [S] and Eliska Novotna [pf] at the Festival TRIBUNA KOMORNI PISNE in Pilsen on 8.10.2002; Jana Stefackova [MS] and Sabina Vajdova [pf] at ZUS V. Kapralove in Brno on 11.12.2002. Irena Houkalova [S] and Jaroslav Saroun [pf] as part of the 59-minute radio documentary Vitezslava Kapralova [1915-1940] premiered by Czech Radio (Vltava) on 8.11.2003. Performed by Kira Slovacek [S] at the semi-finals of the Czech and Slovak Voice Competition at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on 25.11.2003, at the competition finals in Montreal, Canada, on 30.11.2003, and during the Women Composers' Collage Concert in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 1.2.2004. The "Birthday Concert" performance of the work (University of Michigan, 24.1.2002) was broadcast on AnnArbor Alive in Michigan on 5.5. and 8.5.2004. Kira Slovacek and Thomas Bandy [pf] at Northside Community Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan on 9.10.2004; Caroline Helton at U-M Music School Recital Hall in Ann Arbor, MI, on 14.9.2004; Katerina Andelova [voice] and Sarka Kralova [pf] at the Janacek Academy of Music concert in Brno on 21.3.2005. Broadcast by radio Proglas in Brno on 27.5.2005. Performed by Jana Stefackova [voice] and Sabina Vajdova [pf] at ZUS V. Kapralove in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 11.4.2005. Broadcast by Radio Proglas on 27.5.2005. Performed by Kira Slovacek and Timothy Cheek at the Komponisten und Ihr Werk Festival in Kassel, Germany, on 19.11.2005. Performed by Anne Gross [S] and Matthew Piatt [pf] at the Slavic Vocal Literature Class Recital at the University of Michigan School of Music on 5.12.2005. Dana Buresova's rendition of the song (the 2003 Supraphon recording) was broadcast by CBC Radio 2 during the program The Singer and the song on 19.2.2006. Performed by Jana Stefackova [S] and Sabina Vajdova [pf] at the Moravian Composers Club in Brno on 10.4.2006; by Irene Maessen [S] and Marja Bon [pf] at the Jagthuis Festival in Nederhost den Berg, The Netherlands, on 26.5.2006; by Caroline Helton and Kevin Bylsma [pf] at the Moore Musical Arts Centre in Bowling Green, Ohio, on 23.8.2006; by Irena Furbachova [S] and Miron Smidak [pf] at the Czech Museum in Prague on 16.5.2007. Performance by Vilem Pribyl and the Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek (the 1998 Studio Matous release) was broadcast by Vara Radio 4 (Hilversum, the Netherlands) during the Componist van de week program on 14.6.2007 and in a repeat broadcast on 16.8.2007. Broadcast by Radio D-Dur in Prague on 10.10.2007, 24.10.2007, and 7.11.2007. Performed by Kathleen Payne [S] and Timothy Cheek [pf] at Shenandoah Conservatory, Wincester, Virginia, on 11.11.2007; by Caroline Helton [S] and Timothy Cheek [pf] at Britton Recital Hall, University of Michigan School of Music, on 31.1.2008; by Susan Amisano [S] and Timothy Cheek at the Binghamton University, NY, on 23.11.2008; by Kara Douglas [S] and Joseph Fuller [pf] at the First Baptist Church in Bay City, Texas, on 29.11.2008; by Elizabeth Stoner [S] and Lydia Qiu [pf] at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, MI on 8.12.2008. Broadcast by the Czech Radio 3 during Matinée with Vojtech Babka on 17.2., 18.2., and 19.2.2009. Performed by Christine Seitz [S] and Jessica Paul [pf] at the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, on 23.2.2009. Performed at the Martinu Festival Vienna 2009 by Marketa Cukrova [MS] and Ludek Sabaka [pf] in Haus der Musik, Vienna, Austria on 16.6.2009.

Carol / Koleda. Voice and piano / zpev a klavir. 1937. Recorded by Dana Buresova [S] and Timothy Cheek [pf] for Supraphon in July 2003. Concert premiere by Irene Maessen [S] and Marja Bon [pf] at the Jagthuis Festival in Nederhost den Berg, The Netherlands, on 26.5.2006.
Broadcast by WPRB Princeton [the 2003 Supraphon recording] during Classical Discoveries on 21.12.2005. Performed by Kara Douglas [S] and Joseph Fuller [pf] at the First Baptist Church in Bay City, Texas, on 29.11.2008.

Christmas Wish / Vanocni prani. Piano / klavir. 1937.

Ilena, op. 15. Symphonic ballad-cantata for soli, mixed chorus, orchestra, and reciter / Kantata-balada pro smiseny sbor, sola, orchestr a recitatora. 1937-38. Premiered by Brno Academic Choir and Gaudeamus Brno conducted by Katarina Maslejova, Brno Philharmonic conducted by Ondrej Tajovsky, soloists Irena Lukacova [S], Vaclav Barth [T], Martin Frybort [B] and Roman Groszmann [reciter] in Besedni dum in Brno on 31.5. 2007 and broadcast in a radio premiere by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 9.11.2007.

Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon / Trio pro hoboj, klarinet a fagot. 1937-38.

Variations sur le Carillon de l'Eglise St-Etienne du Mont, op. 16 / Variace na zvony kostela St. Etienne du Mont, op. 16. Piano / klavir. 1938.
Premiered by Ludvik Kundera in Brno on 27.3.1938. Other performances: Ludvik Kundera on 3.12.1941 at a concert organized by the Moravian Composers Club in Brno; Karel Solc on 26.11.1945 at a concert of Pritomnost Society in Prague; Ludvik Kundera on 23.1.1946 at a concert organized by the Moravian Composers Club in Brno; Karel Solc on 28.3.1946 at a concert organized by Umelecka beseda in Prague; Jindrich Duras on 20.10.1948 in Plzen; Ludmila Novotna [pf] at an anniversary concert organized by the Czechoslovak Women's Union in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 1.6.1950; Jan Erml on 23.1.1955 in Brno; Zdenek Duchoslav on 24.1.1955 at a concert organized by JAMU in collaboration with the Czechoslovak Composers Union in Brno; Ales Bilek at AMU, Prague, on 9.12.1955; Zdenek Duchoslav on 25.5.1961 during the Brnensky hudebni maj festival week in Brno, and on 19.12.1961 at a concert of JAMU in Brno; Dagmar Simonkova on 17.3.1965 in Prague at an anniversary concert organized by the Czechoslovak Composers Union; Zdenek Duchoslav on 23.1.1967 at Municipal Library in Prague; Jirina Langova at a concert of the Brno Conservatory in 1974 in Brno; Otakar Vondrovic in 1975 for The Brno Radio; Otakar Vondrovic at the Prague Spring Festival, Valdstejska jizdarna, Prague, on 24.5.1975; Milan Bialas in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 (CR, Belgium); Renata Bielasova in 1985, 1986, 16.10.1995 (Brno-Kralovo Pole); Radoslav Kvapil on 23.1 and 1.10. 1990 in Brno; Veronika Kohoutkova in 1995 in Brno; Radka Hronova on 15.3.1995 at the graduation concert of JAMU in Brno; Sabina Vajdova on 17.4.1999 (Prague), 19.4.1999 (Brno), 1.5.1999 (Prague), 5.5.1999 (Brno); Mari Tokuda on 6.6.1999 in Tokyo; Sabina Vajdova in Prague on 30.10.1999, 6.11.1999, 7.11.1999, 18.12.1999, 19.12.1999, 16.1.2000, and 26.2.2000; Alice Rajnohova in Tri Studne on 6.9.2000; Antonin Kubalek at the Arts and Letters Club in Toronto on 6.10.2000 and in Humbercrest United Church in Toronto on 18.11.2000 (recording session), Sabina Vajdova in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 13.11.2000. The 2000 recording by Antonin Kubalek broadcast on CBC Radio Two on 3.5.2001 during the program In Performance. Recorded for a tv documentary Last Concertino by Alice Rajnohova in Brno on 3-4.2.2001. The tv documentary premiered at the International TV Film Festival Golden Prague on May 6-10, 2001 and previewed in Kino ART in Brno on 16.5.2001. TV premiere on 3.6.2001 on CTV 2, repeat broadcast on 28.7.2001, 8.1.2005, 12.1.2005, and 25.12.2009. Presented at the International Festival of Film on Art in Montreal on 16.3. and 20.3. 2003. Performed by Cornelia Mühlenhof at Hechingen, Germany on 6.10.2002; Renata Bialasova on 11.12.2002 at ZUS V. Kapralove in Brno; 1st, 4th and 5th variations performed by Veronika Kohoutkova at the concert of Bohuslav Martinu Society in Zlin on 6.5.2003. Performed by Petra Besa-Pospisilova at the concert of the Bohuslav Martinu Society in Brno on 26.2.2004 and at the 8th Concentus Moraviae Festival in Slavkov u Brna on 6.6.2004. Performed by Jarmila Kozderkova at the Prague Academy of Music (HAMU) on 11.12.2004. A recording from the Brno Radio Archive broadcast on 12.1.2005 during the program Akademie. A recording from the Radio Ostrava Archive (performed by Zdenek Duchoslav) was broadcast on 18.1.2005 during the program Musica Moderna by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava). Performed by Sabina Vajdova at ZUS V. Kapralove in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 11.4.2005; Radio Ostrava's recording of Zdenek Duchoslav's performance was broadcast by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) during Musica Moderna on 12.7.2005. Performed by Petra Besa in Besedni dum in Brno on 25.10.2005; by Gabriele Nies at the Komponistinen und Ihr Werk Festival in Kassel, Germany, on 19.11.2005; by Jarmila Kozderkova at a concert organized under the auspices of the Embassy of Austria in Prague on 2.2.2006; by Peter Geisselbrecht at the Pennsylvania State University on 27.9.2006 and at Kulturzentrum Bezalel Synagoge, Lich, Germany, on 19.11.2006; by Jarmila Kozderkova at Reformierte Kirche in Zuchwil, Germany on 1.1.2007. Performance by Otakar Vondrovic (the Brno Radio Archives) was broadcast by Czech Radio 3 on 16.1.2007. Performed by Peter Geisselbrecht at the Stadtheater Idar-Oberstein in Germany on 25.2.2007. Performance by Anton Kubalek [private recording] was broadcast by Vara Radio 4 (Hilversum, the Netherlands) during the Componist van de week program on 14.6.2007 and in a repeat broadcast on 16.8.2007. Performed by Peter Geisselbrecht at Kutztown University, PA, on 13.9.2007 and at Martin Niemoeller School in Riedstadt, Germany, on 13.12.2007. Virginia Eskin's performance (the 2008 Koch Records release) was broadcast during Classical Discoveries on WPRB Princeton on 9.7.2008. Jarmila Kozderkova's performance of the Variations was broadcast by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 17.8.2008. Performed by Peter Geisselbrecht at Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg, PA, on 6.9.2008 and Harvestworks Media Arts Center in New York on 15.9.2008. The 2008 Koch Records recording {Virginia Eskin) was broadcast by Radio Vara 4 (The Netherlands) on 10.10. 2008 and on WGBH Boston during the Classics in the Morning program on 7.11.2008.

Hymn of Volunteer Nurses of the Czechoslovak Red Cross / Hymna dobrovolnych sester CSCK. 1938.

Vezdicka, Potpolis. Two Women's Choruses / Dva zenske sbory, op. 17. 1937.
Vezdicka premiered by the Women's Choir of Vitezslava Kapralova with Miroslav Krcma [cond.] and Vera Baborovska [pf] in Brno-Kralovo Pole on 23.1.1955. Other performances: Vitezslava Kapralova Women's Choir, with Miroslav Krcma and Vera Baborovska in Brno on 1.6.1955.

Waving Farewell for Voice and Orchestra / Sbohem a satecek, zpev a orchestr. 1938.
Premiered in Brno by Orchestr Zemskeho divadla v Brne (Zemske Theatre Orchestra), with Rafael Kubelik [cond.] and Marie Reznickova as soloist on 31.10.1940. Other performances: Czech Philharmonic at the festival "Jaro nasi hudby" in Smetana Hall in Prague on 21.5.1942; E. Zachardova [voice] and Brno Radio Orchestra with Bretislav Bakala; Zdenka Merlickova [voice], Richard Thierjung [cond.] and the orchestra Helfertovo orchestralni sdruzeni in Brno on 11.2.1946; Jarmila Novotna [S] and Czech Philharmonic (?) with Rafael Kubelik [cond.] in Prague in May 1946; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra with Frantisek Stupka [cond.] on 16.1.1947; The Brno Philharmonic on 9.6.1950; Zdenka Kareninova [s], the Brno Philharmonic with Jiri Pinkas for Supraphon on 7.12.1955; Vlasta Linhartova [S], Moravian Philharmonic and Zdenek Macal in Luhacovice on 16.7.1963; Vilem Pribyl [t] and Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek [cond.] for The Brno Radio in 1975, released on the Studio Matous label in 1998 and broadcast by Czech Radio Vltava on 15.08.2000; Zuzana Fiserova [s] and Northern Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra of Teplice with Christopher Campestrini [cond.] on 9.12.1999 in Teplice. The 1998 Studio Matous recording of the work was broadcast on 27.8.2003 on Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) as part of the 45-minute documentary Skladatelka a dirigentka Vitezslava Kapralova, and on 21.1.2004 as part of the feature Zeny slavnych muzu III. Performance by Zdenka Kareninova and the Brno Philharmonic (from the Archives of Brno Radio) was broadcast on 12.1.2005 during the program Akademie and on 19.2.2005 during the program Klasika. Performance by Vilem Pribyl and the Brno Philharmonic with Frantisek Jilek (the 1998 Studio Matous recording) was broadcast on 15.10. 2005 during ZaterdagMatinee by Vara Radio 4 (The Netherlands) and on 7.1.2007 during "Into the Light" program by KMFA 89.5 in Austin, Texas. Performance by Zdenka Kareninova [S] and Brno Philharmonic with Jiri Pinkas (the Brno Radio Archives) was broadcast during the program "Moravske hudebni rody" on 6.3.2007 and 7.3.2007. The 1998 Studio Matous recording of the song was broadcast by Vara Radio 4 (Hilversum, the Netherlands) during the Componist van de week program on 14.6.2007 and by WPRB Princeton during the Classical Discoveries program on 26.3.2008.

Occasional compositions / Prilezitostne skladby. Upravy lidovych a stredovekych pisni pro muzsky ctyrhlas. Arrangements of Czech folk songs and a medieval chorale for four male voices. 1939.
Premiered in February 1938 in Paris.

Seconds / Vteriny, op. 18. Voice and piano / zpev a klavir. 1936-39.
The complete cycle premiered by Jaroslava Vymazalova, Jaroslava Dobra and Jan Hus Tichy at a concert of Pritomnost Society in Prague on 26.11.1945. Other performances: Bilym satkem mava and Easter performed by Z. Lidmilova [S] and O. Petranova [pf] at a concert of JAMU in Brno on 24.1.1955; Vlasta Linhartova [voice] and Jan Hus Tichy [pf] at AMU, Prague, on 9.12.1955; Vlasta Linhartova and Milan Masa [pf] for The Brno Radio in 1964; Vlasta Linhartova on 4.2.1965 in The Brno Radio; Love Carol by Sonja Theodoridou and Gerard Wyss in Frenkendorf, Switzerland, on 1.11.1997; Love Carol by Jitka Drobilkova [pf] and Lenka Skornickova for the 1998 Studio Matous recording. The recording was broadcast by De Concertzender Radio, Holland on 14.7. and 19.7.1999, by WRPB 103.3, Princeton, New Jersey on 24.7.2002, and by Czech Radio 3 (Vltava) on 8.11.2003 as part of the 59-minute radio documentary "Vitezslava Kapralova [1915-1940]." The performance of Post-mortem Variation for piano by Timothy Cheek (the 2003 Supraphon recording) was broadcast by Radio Vltava on 3.2.2004. The cycle Vteriny was broadcast by WPRB Princeton during the program "In Praise of Woman" on 3.3.2004. Love Carol (the 1998 Studio Matous recording) was broadcast during the program Akademie on 12.1.2005 by the Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), during the program "Toulky Moravou" on 22.1.2005 by the Czech Radio (Brno Studio), and during the program "Encore: CD Reviews" on 13.2.2005 by the Czech Radio 7 (Praha). Post-mortem Variation was performed by Timothy Cheek at the Komponisten und Ihr Werk Festival in Kassel, Germany, on 19.11.2005. Wawing Farewell with a White Kerchief, The Years Pass in Silence, Love Carol and My Dear One performed by Irene Maessen [S] and Marja Bon [pf] at the Jagthuis Festival in Nederhost den Berg, The Netherlands, on 26.5.2006. Easter was performed by Kara Douglas and Timothy Cheek at the Bay View Music Festival in Michigan on 6.7.2006 and by Kara Douglas and Matthew McFarlin at the same festival on 28.7.2006. Love Carol was performed by K. Ondrusikova [voice] and G. Urbanova [pf] during the Jeunesses Musicales Series, presented by the Janacek Philharmonic of Ostrava in Ostrava, Czech Republic on 19.10. 2006. The cycle, performed by Timothy Cheek and Dana Buresova (the 2003 Supraphon recording), was broadcast by Czech Radio 3 on 15.1.2007. Love Carol, performed by Lenka Skornickova [S] and Jitka Drobilkova [pf], released by Studio Matous in 1998, was broadcast during the "Into the Light" program on 11.2.2007. Song Easter was performed by Irene Maessen [S] and Marja Bon [pf] at the Amstelkerk in Amsterdam on 20.3.2007. Songs Love Carol, Easter and My Dear One were performed by Kara Douglas [S] and Joseph Fuller [pf] at the First Baptist Church in Bay City, Texas, on 29.11.2008. Love Carol was performed by Cristi Catt [S] and Erik Entwistle on 21.12. 2009 at the Longy School of Music Faculty recital in Cambridge, USA.


Suita rustica, op. 19. 1938.
Premiered by the Brno Radio Orchestra and Bretislav Bakala [cond.] in Brno on 16.4.1939. Other performances: 8.10. 1939 by the Brno Philharmonic in Brno, as a ballet at the National Theatre of Brno on 23.10.1945 and during the 1945-46 Season [National Theatre Orchestra and Bohumir Liska] on 21.7.,13.9., and 3.11.1945; broadcast by Czechoslovak Radio (Bratislava) on 11.10.1946 (?); performed in Brno on 21.3.1948; performed on 22.12.1954 and recorded for the Brno Radio (by Brno Philharmonic and Jiri Pinkas?) on 29.12.1954, released by (re-recorded for?) Supraphon in 1955, recorded for the Brno Radio in 1968. Performance by the Brno Philharmonic with Jiri Pinkas (the 1968 Brno Radio recording) was broadcast by the Czech Radio 3 on 19.1.2007 and by Vara Radio 4 (Hilversum, the Netherlands) during the Componist van de week on 14.6.2007 and in a repeat broadcast on 16.8.2007.

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