Ludmila Pavlová, Martin Cába, Martin Šulc, Petra Zábrodská

Ludmila Pavlová – violin, Martin Cába – guitar, Martin Šulc – accordion, Petra Zábrodská – recital

From fairy tale to fairy tale

"If Václav Trojan had traveled to America, he would be a famous composer of film melodies today, like John Williams or Hans Zimmer". This is how leading Czech artists describe Václav Trojan's work. Václav Trojan worked closely with the puppeteer and film director Jiří Trnka on puppet films, such as the Emperor's Nightingale, Prince Bajaja, or A Midsummer Night's Dream... Václav Trojan loved the accordion, and his compositions are still among the most valuable treasures of world accordion music. Trojan tried to combine three completely disparate instruments - accordion, violin and guitar and the best interpreters of these instruments at the time - M. Zelenka, B. Bláha and A. Mádl. Thanks to this attempt, these artists interpreted Trojan's compositions at EXPU 58 in Brussels. Many Czech composers dedicated their works to this group. During this evening, two of Trojan's fairytale lights will be heard - Prince Bajaja and Emperor's Nightingale.

Program:

Václav Trojan
Prince Bajaja
Sad kingdom
Bajaja leaves to rescue the princess
I sing to you, unhappy princess
Knight games
At the royal castle
The sadness of the princess
Welcoming guests
Jesters and jesters
Bajaj's fight with the dragon and the happy liberation of the princess

Break

The Emperor's Nightingale
Telling a fairy tale
Chinese countryside
Slavík's concert
China Post
The Emperor's Swans
Dressing ceremony
The Emperor's March
Nightingale automatic
The emperor falls ill
The Emperor's recovery and sanity