Documentary films

Last Concertino. A 54-minute documentary about Vitezslava Kapralova. The documentary features Partita, Military Sinfonietta, Variations sur le Carillon, April Preludes, and an excerpt from Concertino for Violin, Clarinet and Orchestra. Artists: Igor Ardasev and Alice Rajnohova (pno.), Brno Philharmonic, Pavel Busek (cl), Pavel Walinger (vn), Czech Chamber Soloists cond. by Tomas Hanus. Director: Rudolf Chudoba. Photography: Pavel Brynych, Honza Stangl, Josef Visek. Producer: Marie Kucerova's Production Group (Brno Studio). Recorded on Feb. 21–23, 2001 at the Czech Radio (Brno Studio 1). Premiered at the International Television Film Festival Golden Prague in Prague on May 6-10, 2001. Television premiere on June 3, 2001 on CTV 2. © 2001 CTV 2.

Television programs

Vaclav Kapral and Vitezslava Kapralova. A brief exploration of the composers' lives and work. Host: Pavel Blatny. Live performances of Kapralova's songs Navzdy (For Ever) and Dopis (Letter), and Vaclav Kapral's Berceuses de Printemps. Producer: Brno Studio. © 1990 CTV (Brno Studio).

Vitezslava Kapralova. A 40-minute television program dedicated to Kapralova's Partita. Part of the classical music series TO NEJLEPSI Z KLASIKY (The Best of Classical Music). Host: Prof. Jiri Fukac. Guest: Sylvie Bodorova. Partita is performed by Renata Ardasevova (pno) and Czech Virtuosi conducted by Leos Svarovsky. Producer: Marie Kucerova's Production Group (Brno Studio). Premiere broadcast on December 6, 1998. © 1998 CTV 2.

Vitezslava Kapralova. A brief introduction to the composer's music, included in the monthly music magazine NOTES. Premiere broadcast on August 20, 2000. Produced by CTV (Brno). © 2000 CTV 2.

Last Concertino. A 54-minute documentary about Vitezslava Kapralova. The documentary features Partita, Military Sinfonietta, Variations sur le Carillon, April Preludes, and an excerpt from Concertino for Violin, Clarinet and Orchestra. Artists: Igor Ardasev and Alice Rajnohova (pno.), Brno Philharmonic, Pavel Busek (cl), Pavel Walinger (vn), Czech Chamber Soloists cond. by Tomas Hanus. Director: Rudolf Chudoba. Photography: Pavel Brynych, Honza Stangl, Josef Visek. Producer: Marie Kucerova's Production Group (Brno Studio). Recorded on Feb. 21–23, 2001 at the Czech Radio (Brno Studio 1). Premiered at the International Television Film Festival Golden Prague in Prague on May 6-10, 2001. Television premiere on June 3, 2001 on CTV 2. © 2001 CTV 2.

The Music of Vitezslava Kapralova. The 60-minute television program is a recording of the January 24, 2002 faculty concert of the University of Michigan School of Music. The concert featured Kapralova's Legend, Burlesque, Sparks from Ashes, Waving Farewell, Elegy, For Ever, Ritournelle, and Song of Your Absence. Performances by: Stephen Shipps (vn), Timothy Cheek (pno), Freda Herseth, mezzosoprano, Caroline Helton, soprano, Melody Racine, mezzosoprano, Anthony Elliot (vcl), and Marcia Porter, soprano. Premiere broadcast on the University of Michigan Television Channel 22 on February 22, 2002. © 2002 UMTV, Michigan, United States.

The Concentus Moraviae Festival 2009. Vitezslava Kapralova: Partita for Piano and Strings, op. 20. Performed by Karel Kosarek (pno) and Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by Kaspar Zehnder. Producer: CTV (Brno Studio). Premiere broadcast on October 24, 2009. © 2009 CTV 2.

Terra musica. The 25-minute television program dedicated to women conductors features Anu Tali, Vitezslava Kapralova, and Gabriela Tardonova. Producee by J. Korinek. Premiered on January 25, 2010 on CTV 2. © 2010 CTV 2.

Vitulka Forever. Stopy a otisky Vitezslavy Kapralove. (Footprints and impressions of Vitezslava Kapralova.) In: TERRA MUSICA. A 25-minute program with interviews and excerpts from rehearsals of Kapralova's music. Featuring: Pisnicka (an excerpt), To Mother for three children's voices, Concertino for Violin, Clarinet, and Orchestra (excerpts), Military Sinfonietta (excerpts), and Tales of a Small Flute (No. 2). Performed by students of the ZUS Vitezslavy Kapralove Brno-Kralovo Pole and by the Brno Philharmonic conducted by Olga Machonova-Pavlu. Interviews with Jarmila Mrackova, Josef Kapral, Jara Medkova, Alena Vesela, Antonin Hadrava, and Olga Machonova-Pavlu. Dramaturg Vladimir Strakos, producer Katerina Zavadilova. Script and Direction: Petr Stodulka. Premiere broadcast on March 24, 2015. © 2015 CTV Art.

Hudebni perlicky: Vitezslava Kapralova. (Musical gems: Vitezslava Kapralova.) This 5-minute program introduces children to composer-conductor Vitezslava Kapralova. Featuring: Little Song (Pisnicka), arr. for violin and piano. Performed by Pavel Sporcl, violin, and Petr Jirikovsky, piano. Created and hosted by Pavel Sporcl. Produced by Petr Muhl's production group. Premiere broadcast on September 14, 2020. © 2020 CTV Decko.

Dramatic adaptations and popularizations in radio, television, film, theater, music theater, and dance theater

Patria Mia. A screenplay by Natalia Borodin based on Jiri Mucha's autobiographical novel Au Seuil de la Nuit. Recipient of Prix Beaumarchais.

The Mystery of Dr. Martinu. A 61-minute television film fantasy on the motives of life of Bohuslav Martinu. Director: Ken Russell. Cast: Patrick Ryecart (Bohuslav Martinu), Shauna Baird (Charlotte Martinu), Hannah King ("Slava" - Vitezslava Kapralova) and others. Music: Bohuslav Martinu. Production company: RM ASsociates, UK (1993).

Vitezslava. A radio play by Hana Roguljic, based in part on Uher's novel Ona a Martinu. Director: Ales Vrzak; Dramaturg: Renata Venclova; Sound engineer: Tomas Mikyska. Music director: Jan Trojan. Cast: Magdalena Borova (Vitezslava Kapralova), Tatjana Medvecka (Vituse Kapralova), Igor Bares (Vaclav Kapral), Lukas Hlavica (Bohuslav Martinu), Marek Holy (Jiri Mucha), Frantisek Nemec (Vitezslav Novak), Lucie Jurickova (Charlotte Martinu), David Matasek (Rudolf Kopec), Eva Salzmannova (senatorka Plaminkova), Jan Novotny (Edvard Benes), Martin Finger (doktor Liskutin), Miloslav Konig (Rudolf Firkusny) and others. Produced by © Czech Radio 3 (Vltava), premiere broadcast on March 27, 2014.

Jiri Mucha: Carpe Diem. A cabaret-musical inspired by Jiri Mucha's life story. Playwrights: Tomas Jarkovsky and Jakub Vasicek. Director: Jakub Vasicek. Music: Daniel Camsky. Cast: Martin Stransky (Jiri Mucha), Marketa Tallerova (Marta Kadlecikova), Veronika Korytarova (Geraldine Thomson-Mucha), Anna Schimdtmajerova (Vitezslava Kapralova), Vaclav Helsus (Alfons Mucha), Daniel Camsky (Bohuslav Martinu) and others. A production of the F.X. Salda Theatre in Liberec. Premiered on October 23, 2015.

Poets of the City. A two-part dance theatre project by Martin Dvorak. The project pays homage to composer Vítezslava Kapralova and poet Ivan Blatny. Creation, choreography, direction: Martin Dvorak. Costumes: Jindra Rychla. Dancers and actors: Irene Bauer, Kamila Valuskova, Martin Dvorak. Music by Vitezslava Kapralova, Pavel Blatny, Frantisek Chaloupka, and Omar Rojas Ruiz. Premiered in the villa Tugendhat in Brno on July 20, 2015.

Mozart in the Jungle. A television series. Season 3, Episodes 6 and 9. Kapralova makes her debut in this award winning Amazon television series (2 Golden Globes a 1 Primetime Emmy Award) as a trailblazer character from the past who inspired the main heroine, Hailey (Lola Kirke), and her friend Lizzy (Hannah Dunne) to take on new creative challenges. The episode 6 features Kapralova's Piano Concerto in D Minor (an excerpt from the Radioservis 2011 recording) and the song Novorocni (New Year's) from the song collection Vteriny roku (Seconds of a Year), op. 18. The episode 9 features an orchestra named after Kapralova. There are also some visual props inspired by Kapralova. The season 3 soundtrack (released by Sony in 2016) has a track with Missy Mazzoli's music performed by Joshua Bell and the Kapralova (!) Orchestra. Screenwriters: Roman Coppola et all. Produced by © Amazon TV, 2016.

Vitka. Theatre play by Katerina Tuckova, a free adaptation of Uher's pseudo-biographical novel Ona a Martinu. Director: Anna Petrzelkova; Dramaturg: Lucie Nemeckova; Stage Manager: Lenka Odvarkova; Costumes: Hana Knotkova. Cast: Tereza Mareckova (Vitezslava Kapralova), Dusan Hrebicek (Bohuslav Martinu), Vladimir Hauser (Vaclav Kapral), Ivana Hlouzkova (Vituse Kapralova, Charlotta Martinu), Jan Mansfeld (Ota Vach, Ivan Tondr), Adam Masura (Theodor Schaefer), Tomas Milostny (Rudolf Kopec), Ondrej Kokorsky (Jiri Mucha) and others. With music by Petr Hromadka, interspersed with a few short excerpts from the music by Bohuslav Martinu and Vitezslava Kapralova. Produced by Divadlo Husa na provazku, premiered in Brno on February 23, 2018.

Martinu. Ceska rapsodie Bohuslavova. Theatre play by Dodo Gombar. Director: Dodo Gombar; Dramaturg: Jaroslav Cermak; Stage Manager: Tom Ciller; Costumes: Lenka Odvarkova; Music: David Rotter. Cast: Jakub Skrdla (Bohuslav Martinu), Michal Kraus (Stanislav Novak, Jiri Mucha), Josef Kundera (Jan Zrzavy), Frantisek Mitas (Vaclav Talich), Lukas Matej (Georges Neveux), Ondrej Sipek (Paul Sacher), Sarka Cermakova (Charlotta Martinu), Klara Anna Satinska (Vita Kapralova, Roe Barstow), and others. Produced by Horacke divadlo, premiered in Jihlava on September 5, 2020.