Word of the dramaturge for the 32nd edition
27. 5. 2024 In 2025, the movable feast of Easter does not fall until mid-April, the final phase of the Easter cycle. They are therefore, unlike 2024, quite distant from the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March). According to tradition, that is when the words “Become” (fiat) were first heard – in this case from […]
The 32nd edition of the festival with the subtitle Reconciliation will take place from 13 to 27 April
EASTER FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC Sun 13 April – Sun 27 April 2025 Reconciliation The Easter Festival of Sacred Music accompanies its listeners during Holy and Holy Week. Once again, it includes repertoire from medieval chant to contemporary, once again touring the churches of Brno, but not only. For the first time in Brno, Arvo […]
The next year of the festival with the subtitle Terroir will take place from SUN 24 March – SUN 7 April 2024
EASTER FESTIVAL OF SACRED MUSIC SUN 24th of March – SUN 7th of April 2024 Terroir In the context of wine, the semi-mysterious word terroir, a French word, from the Latin term for land, soil, is popularly used. However, the charm of this word lies precisely in its difficulty to grasp, in the impossibility of translating […]
Photos from the opening concert of the festival
We started this year’s festival yesterday with the renewed premiere of the Stabat Mater by the Brno cathedral organist František Musil. Soloists, five choirs and Filharmonie Brno conducted by Tomáš Krejčí . Photo by Jan Prokopius
Tickets on sale
Exactly in one month, we will start the festival with the concert Grant that my heart may burn. In the renewed premiere, Musil’s forgotten Stabat Mater will be performed by a quartet of soloists and leading Brno mixed choirs. Tickets are already on sale.
Transformations
The 30th anniversary of the festival in 2023 provides an opportunity to step out and seek new horizons. Beyond the unfathomable riches of liturgical and sacred music of past centuries and today, the festival takes its crucial inspiration from the Easter holidays and their message of death and resurrection. The blending of splendid musical and […]
