Martinu: Openings / Seopal, Jitro Czech Girls Choir

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Label
Navona
Release Date
May 8, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MARTINU, BOHUSLAV
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Jitro Czech Girls Choir
    • PERFORMER
      Skopal
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 08, 2020
    • UPC
      896931005883
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NV6288
    • LABEL
      Navona
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Klobouk novej (New Hat)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Zdenek Häckl, Michal Chrobák

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    2. No. 2. Nade dvorem (Above the Yard)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Zdenek Häckl, Michal Chrobák

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    3. No. 3. Žaloba (Accusation)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Zdenek Häckl, Michal Chrobák

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    4. No. 4. Malovane Drevo (Surface-colored Wood)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Zdenek Häckl, Michal Chrobák

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    5. No. 5. Poledne (Noon)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Zdenek Häckl, Michal Chrobák

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    6. No. 1. Velikonoční (Easter Song)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    7. No. 2. Kováříček (The Blacksmith)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    8. No. 3. Dětské hádanky (Children's Riddles)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    9. Ptačí hody (Festival of Birds), H. 379

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Jiri Houdek

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    10. No. 1. Koneèná smrt (The Final Death)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Martina Jelínková, Jana Novotná

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    11. No. 2. Zavírání lesa (Locking The Wood)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Martina Jelínková, Jana Novotná

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    12. No. 3. Hlásání pasaček I (Goatherds' Calls I)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Martina Jelínková, Jana Novotná

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    13. No. 4. Moøena, Moøena (Winter Death)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Martina Jelínková, Jana Novotná

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    14. No. 5. Hlásání pasaček II (Goatherds' Calls II)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Martina Jelínková, Jana Novotná

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    15. No. 6. Vynášení smrti (Expelling Death)

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Martina Jelínková, Jana Novotná

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal

    16. Otvirani studanek (The Opening of the Wells), H. 354

      Composer: Bohuslav Martinů

      Ensemble: Jitro Czech Girls Choir

      Performer: Ludmila Horová, Markéta Kubínová, Ludek Vele, Alfred Strejček, Jindřich Pazdera, Josef Kekula, Jan Pěruška, Michal Chrobák

      Conductor: Jiří Skopal


Their fourth release with Navona Records, OPENINGS by the Jitro Czech Girls Choir and conductor Jirí Skopal presents the rich beauty of the Czech Republic’s national dances, folk texts, and songs for audiences around the world. Composer Bohuslav Martinu believed that music holds the power to open our minds to a new, transcendent understanding of time, nature, and tradition. The first piece on OPENINGS, Primrose does so with buoyant joy. The bright, airy timbre of the children’s choir is radiant, with lyrics that conjure up pastoral images of the beautiful Czech countryside. From the Czech word “petrklíc,” Primrose symbolizes Saint Peter’s key which opens the earth each spring as the ice and snow of winter recede. Next comes Songs for a Children’s Choir, composed by Martinu in Switzerland during 1959—the last year of his life. The piece borrows texts from collections of Czech folk songs and poetry, employing the tight, sculpted harmonies of Jitro. The album’s final track, Opening of Spring, relates the story of a springtime queen, laden with flowers, followed through the country hills by a procession of townspeople. OPENINGS is an apt title for this newest album by the Jitro Czech Girls Choir, not only because of its focus on spring and renewal, but also because it offers a portal through which listeners of all backgrounds may appreciate and enjoy the beauty of Czech culture. With technical precision and infectious exuberance, the girls of Jitro lovingly offer the songs and stories of their people to all who listen.