Agon Orchestra




Concerts and performances in the Archa Theatre:

Agon Orchestra / Michal Nejtek - Distress Sonata (2002)
(May 27, 2002)
A premiere of a new composition, by a young Czech composer, intended for an amplified orchestra and video-projection, which developed out of a commission by the eminent Warsaw Autumn Music Festival, with the support of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. Performed by: Kateřina Stupková - baritone-saxophone, Jiří Mráz - clarinet, Bohuš Získal - video. Agon Orchestra directed by Petr Kofroň.

Brutální muzika / Brutal Music (Agon Orchestra and Filip Topol)
(March 22, 2000)
Contemporary music orchestra will perform in harmony and confrontation with a legend of Czech alternative rock.

City Life - Městský život
(October 30, 1999)
Programme: Steve Reich, John Zorn, Frederic Rzewski and Petr Kotík.

Concert for Drums, Tubas, Bagpipes, and Iron Parts
(October 30, 1997)

Dark River - Temná řeka
(June 25, 1999)
Prague ensemble of contemporary music presents the compositions of John Zorn, Anthony Coleman and Elliott Sharp.

The Fall of the House of Usher
(December 19, 1996; March 26 and 27, 1997)
Agon Orchestra plays the chamber opera of Philip Glass; conductor Petr Koforň.

Grand Rock Brillant(e)
(December 10, 2000)
A concert of young composers with a surprise.

The Plastic People of the Universe & Agon Orchestra: Wandering was I through Fields of Five
(December 15, 2000)
A staged concert based upon the writings of Ladislav Klíma.

Sweet Music Sweet or Hard Life
(June 22, 2001)
The concert will take place on the day of the 10th anniversary of the Society of New Music.

Vera, Chuck & Dave
(June 27, 2002)
A composition of the same name by Michael Gordon and the premiere of new compositions by David Lang, Petr Kofroň and Miroslav Šimáček together in a concert by the "electrified" Prague orchestra under the baton of Petr Kofroň. An up-to-date musical parallel between New York and Prague. Music full of extremes.




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