Thanksgiving - Lukáš Sommer
"In the symphony the feeling of gratitude moves through many trials. In the first one - alone between two conflicting areas - it is expressed by means of an organ cadence. In the second it has the rising sound of an evening song, also here in conflict with strange, in places almost surrealistic images. For this reason I return to memories of childhood and find the scrap of a song, which provides my conflict with a solution and leads towards the final thank you".
Lukáš Sommer (*1984) has started his career by studying the guitar at the Conservatory in České Budějovice. In 2003 he was nevertheless admitted to the Prague Conservatory where he became the last student of the composition class of Věroslav Neumann. After one year of studies he moved to AMU (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) into the composition class of Ivan Kurz. The most significant pieces of his present compositional work may be represented by Three Frescos for symphonic orchestra, Sonata n. 1 for violin and piano, Joining of the Roads - a movement for oboe and string trio, Small Sonata for oboe and piano on the poem of Jan Skácel, Maze - sonata for harpsichord, or electro-acoustic composition Brain Death. Lukáš Sommer cooperates with number of young players, he organizes various contemporary music projects, also symposia with musicians and composers, regular concerts in the concert hall of Otakar Jeremiáš in České Budějovice and he also organizes musical releases of young composers' works.
Other compositions by Lukáš Sommer published in Czech Radio:
Fantasia bucolica
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
Impromptu
Were we?
Canzona e tocatta per chitarra
instrumentationfl picc, 2fl, 2ob, cor ingl, 2cl, cl b, 2fg, 4cor, 3trb, 2tbn, tbn b, tb, timp, batt, 2arp, org, archidescriptionscorepubl.NoR 123price160,- CZK
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