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Josef Páleníček Stepanova Kouzmenko Peeters Cobra Haupt Smetana Smetana Trio 1914 1942 1991
Josef Páleníček +••.••(...)3.1991). Chorale Variations (1942): Variation VI. Andante grazioso. Impetuoso. Lucie Stepanova, cello, Ksenia Kouzmenko, piano, recorded by Tom Peeters, Cobra Records The Chorale Variations, written in 1942, are perceived as one of the most important pieces for cello and piano composed in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. The main theme is the chorale “O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden” from the 17th century. One of Páleníček’s sons told us the following story: in 1942 Josef Páleníček and the Smetana Trio were supposed to play a concert in the Czech town of Velké Meziříčí. The concerts in that area were organized by a man who had done much for the cultural life in the area. Upon their arrival they learned that this person had been arrested by the Gestapo. Overpowered by grief about this incident and the general situation in Czechoslovakia under German occupation, Páleníček remembered the chorale melody. The variations were meant to reflect the feelings of the Czech people at that time. This recording is the world première of this piece on CD.
Štěpánová Kouzmenko Janacek Martinu Josef Páleníček Jan Páleníček Concertgebouw Amsterdam 1981 2006
In 1981, when I was four years old, Maestro Josef Páleníček gave a recital in the Czech town of Teplice where I lived with my parents at that time. Since he had been my mother's piano teacher at the Prague Music Academy and their relationship had deepened and warmed throughout the years, he accepted my mother's o er to stay at our house. at evening was to be an unforgettable and in uencing moment in my life. While I was sitting on the maestro's lap we shared our soup from the same bowl. A er that I took him to my room and showed o my entire wardrobe. Finally we wound up singing and playing at the piano all evening. Completely enchanted I decided that the piano would be the instrument which was going to make me happy -not the violin that I had just started playing, following my father's path. And that was the case in the following six years until I had to admit that apparently I lacked the necessary perseverance to become a really good pianist. When I was eleven - my family had just moved to Prague - I reconsidered for the third time and this deci- sion should nally be the lucky one: I started playing the cello, taking lessons from Maestro Páleníček ́s youngest son, Jan Páleníček. Two years later I accompanied my mother to a rehearsal at Maestro Páleníček ́s home where they practiced for a concert, he playing the piano and my mother singing. A er they nished rehearsing he looked at me and said with a smile in his eyes: “I heard you are now playing the cello. I have composed numerous pieces for that beautiful instrument. Maybe one day you will be playing my music. But until then you will have to practice a lot.” Twenty-four years later, in 2006, Ksenia and I were brought together as duo partners by Miklos Schwalb of Schwalbconcertmanagement. We quickly realized how well we matched both personally and musically. Our repertoire soon covered the whole of the Classical and Romantic periods. Apart from that we decided to put our main focus on the music of my home country, Moravia. It has been ten years since we played our rst concert in the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with works by Janáček and Martinů. Many performances in the Netherlands followed in the next few years and nally our dream to make a CD together was born. e main idea was to record pieces that are not so well known, yet worth introducing to the public. Nowadays where CDs are released all of the time we wanted to create a special and very personal recording. I began searching my archive and in the midst of a multitude of wonderful music the score of Josef Páleníček's Chorale Variations fell into my hands and the CD’s heart began to beat. e last recorded piece is a movement of Janáček's piano cycle On an Overgrown Path. e title “A Blown-Away Leaf” gave us the inspiration for our CD ́s name. Quite o en I have felt like a leaf, blown away from my home country by the wind. While playing this music I feel carried back to my origins. Lucie Štĕpánová Available as download in any (extreme high) definition or on CD (http•••) (http•••)
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