Spectrum Quartett,
Nogaband & Muzička vocal group

Spectrum Quartett
Ján Kružliak ml. / 1st violin
Miroslav Vilhan / 2nd violin
Peter Dvorský / viola
Branislav Bielik / cello

Nogaband
Michal Noga / violin, bandleader
Jakub Líška / violin
Jureš Líška / viola
Ján Tej / double bass

Muzička vocal group
Eva Brunovská / artistic director & solo
Zoja Fekete
Mária Grofčíková
Xénia Makarová
Jarka Maťková
Barbara Petrgálová
Martina Potkányová

Simona Hulejová / special guest

The joint project of the string quartet Spectrum Quartett, led by violinist Ján Kružliak Jr., bandleader Michal Noga’s folk ensemble Nogaband, and the vocal group Muzička with special guest Simona Hulejová represents an uncommon combination of classical and folk music, based on a search for mutual inspiration and combination between two apparently unassociated musical worlds. These three music groupings represent the best that is currently offered by the young generation of Slovak musicians in the genres of classical and folk. Spectrum Quartett is an ensemble whose original sound combines the experience of the individual musicians not only in the field of classical music but also in the field of jazz, world music and improvisation. Nogaband’s folk musicians are also famed for their first-class performance of traditional music. At the joint concert we will be presented with top-level Slovak dramaturgy, represented by the works of composers who were open to inspiration by the Slovak folk song. We will therefore hear folk motifs in their authentic form, and also their crafting in more complex musical forms in the work of artists such as Eugen Suchoň, Ilja Zeljenka, Alexander Moyzes and Béla Bartók.

Programme

Suchoň: A Falcon Flew Over
(folk divertimento for the young from Images from Slovakia)
Bartók: Slovak Songs
(selection of tunes arranged by Vladimír Godár for string quartet) 
Nogaband: Óda na češľaka, fogáš
Suchoň: Sonatine
(to the motifs of Slovak military songs from Images from Slovakia)
Zeljenka: Musica Slovaca
(for string orchestra to the folk motifs from Čičmany and Dolný Vadičov)
Moyzes: Omilienci chodia (from Four Musicians)
Bartók: Slovak Songs 
(selection of tunes from the region of Gemer arranged by Vladimír Godár for string quartet and voice)
Suchoň: Songs from the Mountains

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Admission to the concert is free.

We reserve the right to change the programme and performers.