In order to make the music of Janáček's opera "Jenůfa" (1904) known in the concert hall, various orchestral suites have been compiled over the years. The latest and perhaps most successful attempt is that of the conductor Manfred Horneck and the composer Tomás Ille. With largely authentic instrumentation, the "Symphonic Suite" unfolds the contrast between the sad world of the village girl Jenůfa and the cheerful dances of the village.

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Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr

“Nixon in China” was the first opera in the spirit of minimal music in 1987. Its composer John Adams, however, prefers to call himself a “maximalist” because he combines “minimalist” stylistic devices with many other things. He also used elements from his opera for the orchestral foxtrot “The Chairman Dances”. In the composer’s imagination, the Great Chairman Mao Zedong emerges from a picture portrait and dances several foxtrots with his wife – back to their shared past. Hollywood nostalgia is charmingly combined with insistent motor skills and a large percussion apparatus.

Steven Sloane

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Conductor in Symphony No. 6 in B Minor by Shostakovich

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Conductor in Symphonic Suite from the opera “Jenůfa” by Janáček

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Conductor in Excerpts from “La Bohème” by Puccini

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