New author song album by Jiří Pavlica and Hradišťan is called Vteřiny křehké. Jiří Pavlica picked and put to music fifteen poems by prominent Czech authors that correspond to each other and form a harmonious whole, revealing the joys and sorrows of human life. With his unique musical feeling, Jiří Pavlica followed up on his older legendary albums and along with the unmistakable performance and sound of Hradišťan they created original and impressive album.
The ensemble has been preparing the album for several years with a great effort. For the author of all songs, Jiří Pavlica, this album is essential. “This recording is my personal testimony. It is the attitude of a man who lived through many things in life and has his own clear and continuous view on world and everything in it. To each of us, life can change completely within a second because each second of our life is very fragile and unstable. “ Selected texts by Jan Skácel, Michal Stránský, František Novotný, Dušan Vančura, Josef Veselý, Eva Kociánová and Alžběta Šáchová resonate with this theme and together make up an unified whole. The strength of the theme reflected in loose, balladic sound of the recording which is also confirmed by Jiří Pavlica. “Bearing in mind the transience of life, it’s logical that many songs are thoughtful and perhaps it may seem that the album contains more ballads than is expected from Hradišťan. While recording this album, my aim and goal of the entire Hradišťan was to capture the seconds which are reflections of those lived and unrepeatable moments that remain in us forever. Maybe someone will find himself in them, maybe someone will start singing them too.”
The album was recorded in spring 2014 in the studio Michael and besides Jiří Pavlica and Hradišťan, there were also other guests visiting the studio. The English horn and oboe were played by Vladislav Borovka , Michal Zpěvák played the not well known nai flute, ther....... more
New author song album by Jiří Pavlica and Hradišťan is called Vteřiny křehké. Jiří Pavlica picked and put to music fifteen poems by prominent Czech authors that correspond to each other and form a harmonious whole, revealing the joys and sorrows of human life. With his unique musical feeling, Jiří Pavlica followed up on his older legendary albums and along with the unmistakable performance and sound of Hradišťan they created original and impressive album.
The ensemble has been preparing the album for several years with a great effort. For the author of all songs, Jiří Pavlica, this album is essential. “This recording is my personal testimony. It is the attitude of a man who lived through many things in life and has his own clear and continuous view on world and everything in it. To each of us, life can change completely within a second because each second of our life is very fragile and unstable. “ Selected texts by Jan Skácel, Michal Stránský, František Novotný, Dušan Vančura, Josef Veselý, Eva Kociánová and Alžběta Šáchová resonate with this theme and together make up an unified whole. The strength of the theme reflected in loose, balladic sound of the recording which is also confirmed by Jiří Pavlica. “Bearing in mind the transience of life, it’s logical that many songs are thoughtful and perhaps it may seem that the album contains more ballads than is expected from Hradišťan. While recording this album, my aim and goal of the entire Hradišťan was to capture the seconds which are reflections of those lived and unrepeatable moments that remain in us forever. Maybe someone will find himself in them, maybe someone will start singing them too.”
The album was recorded in spring 2014 in the studio Michael and besides Jiří Pavlica and Hradišťan, there were also other guests visiting the studio. The English horn and oboe were played by Vladislav Borovka , Michal Zpěvák played the not well known nai flute, ther....... more