Spot for the 29th year of the festival with the subtitle Body / Incarnation / Celebration
Melodic percussion instruments
The premiere of the composition Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the bicyclist Martin Opršál and the collegium (Tereza Horáková Kristýna Švihálková Anežka Nováková) promises an unforgettable experience. See the photos from the rehearsal in the presence of the author of the composition, Pavel Zemek Novák.
Ticket sales have started
After three years finally with you and for you. Concerts in the festive atmosphere of Brno churches. Tickets can be purchased online on the festival’s website or in advance at the Filharmonie Brno Ticket office in Besední Street.
Dramaturg Vladimír Maňas about upcoming year
The Easter festival of Sacred Music has been a space of resonance for many years: the songs (again) come to life in the sacred spaces and in the sacred time assigned to them. In addition to the musical experience itself, the festival gave the audience the opportunity to stop in those two weeks and in […]
Easter Festival of Sacred Music is completely canceled this year
Dear listeners, due to a government order to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Filharmonie Brno is canceling this year’s Easter Festival of Sacred Music, which was planned from 5 to 19 April with the subtitle Light / Illumination. We are very sorry. Thank you for your understanding Information about refund tickets here
Tickets available from February 24th
Dear listeners, tickets for our festival are available from Monday 24th February. You can buy them at the Ticket office of Filharmonie Brno and at the House of Lords of Lipé at Náměstí Svobody or on-line at filharmonie-brno.cz
Byzantine Passion and Bach´s Easter Oratorio sold out
Two concerts are sold out: Byzantine Passion (April 15th) and final concert with Easter Oratorio by J. S. Bach (April 28th). You can choose from other programs, but don´t hesitate for long.
Lection with Toivo Tulev
Do you want to meet Toivo Tulev? The Estonian composer, who composed the piece for our festival, is giving a lecture on Thursday, April 11th, to attend. The lecture in English about his work will be accompanied by music samples. The event takes place from 2 pm to 4 pm in the reading room of the Faculty […]
GATES OF HELL TORN DOWN / About the concert
We have only fragmentary information about motets by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Most were apparently performed at funeral services and six have been preserved, though he probably wrote more than that. At the time of Bach’s Leipzig engagement, this musical form was already considered somewhat outdated. But it was precisely his motets – unlike his […]
JOY AND CLARITY / About the concert
The opening Baroque work quotes the Easter hymn O filii et filiae (Ye sons and daughters). In the French Baroque tradition, the offertory was given a prominent position musically, affording considerable scope to the organist’s artistry. Jean-François Dandrieu (1682–1738) transforms the hymn’s stanzas using the form of variation partita and so employs the contrast between […]
