2. Konzert des Festivals "Musikalischer Widerstand gegen das 'Protektorat' " - Der von NS-Verfolgung betroffene tschechische Komponist Petr Eben - Musik und Gespräch
Born in East Bohemia in 1929 , PetrEben was no longer allowed to attend school from 1944 because of his Jewish father and grandfather as a "half-Jew". He was conscripted into forced labor and his grandmother was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto. In spring 1945, he was sent to Buchenwald concentration camp with his father and brother. After the war, Eben studied composition and organ in Prague, but was still subjected to reprisals due to his political views.
Elegy and Toccata from Suita Balladica for violoncello and piano (1955)
Old Testament fresco "Saul with the Prophetess in En-Dor" for violin and piano (1993)
String quartet "Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart" (1981)
I. Impetuoso - II. Andante
III. Con vigore - Moderato assai - IV. Drammatico
Performers:
Martinů Quartet with Lubomír Havlák and Adéla Štajnochrová, violins | Martin Stupka, viola | Jitka Vlašánková, cello
and
Markéta Janoušková, violin | Simone Drescher, cello
Robert Kolinsky, piano