Viribus unitis - Jan Jirásek
"Viribus unitis" is a piece for organ and tuba. As far as I know, it is the very first piece combining those two instruments. The title means "With united forces". This could be explained in terms of cooperation of those two instruments. It has its non-musical essence as well. In these terms, phantasy of the audience cannot be limited.
I was commissioned to write the piece by the Festival Voor de Vind (Amsterdam, Netherlands). "Viribus unitis" was premiered on September 8, 2003 at the Westerkerck Church in Amsterdam. It might be interesting to mention that a great Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was buried in that church."
Other compositions by Jan Jirásek published in Czech Radio:
Castles in the Air
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