Symphony No. 1 - Svatopluk Havelka
The Symphony No. 1 (1955-1956) marked a significant turning point in Svatopluk Havelka's career. This composition became a clear signal that a symphonist had been born whose ability to create large musical structures in a stylistically original setting was unquestionable. Havelka's music has been drawing attention of the broader public ever since. Each new piece has its own individual form and brings novel compositional solutions.
Also his cantata Chvála světla (Eulogy of Light) for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra belongs among works of similar artistic force. Havelka's output within the genres of film and incidental music is numerous as well, consisting of dozens of scores both for full-length and short films. His frequent cooperation with filmmakers led to several notable awards that Havelka received for his music for Vojtěch Jasný's films "Až přijde kocour" ("When the Tomcat Comes") and "Všichni dobří rodáci" ("All the Good Countrymen"), and for the film adaptation of the fairy-tale "Princ a večernice" ("The Prince and the Evening Star").
Other compositions by Svatopluk Havelka published in Czech Radio:
Agapé
Hymnos
Parénéze
The Signs of Times
instrumentation3fl - II, III muta fl picc, 2ob, cor ingl, 2cl in B, cl in Es, cl b, 2fg, cfg, 4cor, 3trb, 3tbn, tb, timp, perc, pfte/cel, 2arp, archidescriptionscorepubl.NoR 138price275,- CZK
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