2017

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F E S T I V A L   T E N S O   2 0 1 7
Zbogom orožje, pozdravljena pesem
A Farewell to Arms, a Welcome to Song
Nova Gorica, 12.-24. september 2017

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Saturday, 23 September 2017, at 8:30 p.m.
Kulturni dom Nova Gorica

CROATIAN RADIOTELEVISION CHOIR

Daniel Detoni, piano
Tomislav Fačini, conductor

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The Croatian Radiotelevision Choir is dedicated to the nurturing of Croatia’s musical heritage and to the performance of international music literature through their concert cycles and programmes on Croatian National Television. The choir was established in the 1940s and has grown artistically under the baton of conductors and composers such as Igor Kuljerić and Tonči Bilić. This season’s artistic director and chief conductor is Tomislav Fačini.

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PROGRAMME:

NIGDAR NI TAK BILO, DA NI NEKAK BILO
NEVER HAS IT BEEN SO, THAT IT HASN'T BEEN SOMEHOW
The Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh by Miroslav Krleža,
set to music by Croatian composers

Anđelko Klobučar:
V megli

Claude Debussy:
Berceuse héroïque, L. 132

Igor Kuljerić:
V megli

Emil Cossetto:
Ni med cvetjem ni pravice

Béla Bartók:
Allegro barbaro

Milan Arko:
Gumbelijum roža

Antti Auvinen:
Obviously foreign infantry

Josip Štolcer Slavenski:
Voda zvira

Luigi Dallapccola
Simbolo

Uroš Rojko:
Ognjeno morje *

Claude Debussy:
Les soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon, L. 160

Igor Kuljerić:
Gumbelijum roža

* First performance

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Miroslav Krleža’s masterpiece Ballads of Petrica Kerempuh is the common thread in the programme of the Croatian Radiotelevision Choir, thoughtfully interwoven with piano music by composers of many countries and the modern work of a contemporary Finnish artist. Petrica Kerempuh, the Croatian Till Eulenspiegel, has inspired many Croatian contemporary composers with its musicality and rhythm (it is written in the Kajkavian dialect). The selection of songs about the folk trickster presents the history of the Croatian nation and addresses humanism. 

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The programme is financed by: Creative Europa, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and Municipality of Nova Gorica

Partners: Slovenian Philharmonic, National and University Library of Slovenia,
Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities, Glasbena matica Ljubljana,
Museum Goriški muzej, Cultural center Lojze Bratuž (Gorica-I), Cultural Center Gorica (I),
Foundation the Walk of Peace

Supporters: Association of Cultural Societies Nova Gorica, Municipality of Brda,
ZTKMŠ Brda, Sabotin Mountain Lodge, Klet Brda

Special thanks to: all amateur choirs and their conductors, Municipality of Bovec,
Local community of Log pod Mangartom, Municipality of Kobarid, Municipality of Tolmin,
Municipality of Idrija, Local community of Črni vrh nad Idrijo, Municipality of Komen,
Public Entity Komenski Kras, Municipality of Doberdo' del Lago (I), Municipality of Gorizia (I),Hungarian Cultural Center Balassi Institue, General Consulate of the Republic of Italy