Quarter Tone by Karel Ančerl

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Concert Dedicated to the Memory of the Terezín Prisoners‘ String Orchestra

In October, 2024, it will have been 80 years since the members of the String Orchestra that performed in the Terezín ghetto under the direction of Conductor Karel Ančerl were sent to their deaths. After the transport to the Auschwitz extermination camp, not only almost all the musicians, but also Ančerl's entire family were murdered.

On the occasion of this tragic anniversary, a concert will be held in memory of the Terezín Prisoners' Orchestra.   Karel Ančerl's original music - Composition for String Orchestra in Quarter Tones, which was found in the conductor's estate,  will be performed in a world premiere.

PROGRAM

• Georg Friedrich Händel - Concerto Grosso in F Major
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - A Little Night Music
• Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concer to in E Major
• Josef Suk - Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale
• Pavel Haas - Study for Strings
• Karel Ančerl - Composition for String Orchestra in Quar ter Tones
• Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for Strings in E Major

Projection of archive materials

THE CAST

• String Orchestra AUKSO TYCHY with Soloist and Concertmaster
  of the Czech Philharmonic Jiří Vodička and Harpsichordist Edita Keglerová
• The memorial evening will be presented by Ester Janečková

organised by the production company FREESAM - www.freesam.org/en/news/ctvrtton-karla-ancerla