Dear festival visitors,

  You are invited to the Festival Brikcius - the 5th chamber music concert series in Prague (Bach331 - MAKANNA - Goldberg Variations 1741 - ITALIAN BAROQUE - Nocí prošel den), that is held annually under the auspices of the Mayor of Prague 1, Oldřich Lomecký and organized as a part of international Daniel Pearl World Music Days.

  This year the festival commemorates the 275th anniversary of the Goldberg Variations publishing in 1741, charity concert dedicated to the 331st anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach and the 100th anniversary of the death of Max Reger (#Reger2016), virtuoso works by Italian Baroque Composers (275th anniversary of Antonio Vivaldi, 365th anniversary of Domenico Gabrielli) and 18th Festival Poetry Day (206th anniversary of the birth of poet Karel Hynek Mácha).

  The 5th annual festival will feature Czech cellist František Brikcius, composer and organist Irena Kosíková from France, Czech cellist Anna Brikciusová and siblings cello chamber ensemble Duo Brikcius. For further information, visit http://Festival.Brikcius.com .


  Concerts are held on 1st - 16th November 2016 in Prague (Military Church of St. Jan Nepomucký, Unijazz, Loreta, Baroque chapel of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga and the Štefánik Observatory). Free entry.

  Festival features charity concert CELLO SUITES for Lékaři bez hranic | Médecins Sans Frontières (Thursday 3rd November), screening of new music documentary film MAKANNA (Wednesday 9th November), organ concert GOLDBERG VARIATIONS 1741 (Thursday 10th November), special concert DUO BRIKCIUS - ITALIAN BAROQUE MASTERS (Tuesday 15th November) and poetry reading POETRY DAY & NOCÍ PROŠEL DEN (Wednesday 16th November).

- Charity concert CELLO SUITES for Lékaři bez hranic | Médecins Sans Frontières will take place on Thursday 3rd November 2016 at 7:30 p.m., at the Military Church of St. Jan Nepomucký (Kanovnická 5/72, Praha 1 - Hradčany). Czech cellist František Brikcius will play Suite No. 3 in C major for Solo Cello (BWV 1009) by Johann Sebastian Bach (the 331st anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach), Suite No. 2 in d minor for Solo Cello (Op. 131c) by Max Reger (the 100th anniversary of the death of Max Reger, #Reger2016) and Passacaglia by Georg Friedrich Händel. Free entry; voluntary donations collected at the event will go to charitable purposes of the Lékaři bez hranic | Médecins Sans Frontières.

- Screening of new music documentary film MAKANNA will take place on Wednesday 9th November 2016 at 7 p.m., at Unijazz (Jindřišská 5, Praha 1) to commemorate the 116th anniversary of the birth of Jiří Weil (1900 - 1959) and 18th festival Poetry day. Free entry. The documentary, back in Prague following a screening in Beijing, from the concert performance of MAKANNA (organised in the cooperation with the Jewish Museum in Prague and held under the auspices of Sir Tom Stoppard and Václav Havel) is based on the novel of the Jewish writer Jiří Weil, about the rise and fall of the 7th century false prophet with his face covered with the green veil and his eyes glowing as embers. Featuring Jan Talich, Jan Židlický, František Brikcius, Irena Kosíková and Talich Chamber Orchestra.

- Organ concert GOLDBERG VARIATIONS 1741 will take place on Thursday 10th November 2016 at 6 p.m., at Loreta (Loretánské nám. 7, Praha 1 - Hradčany) to commemorate the 275th anniversary of the Goldberg Variations publishing in 1741. Organist and composer Irena Kosíková (France) will play legendary composition the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988), famous work by Johann Sebastian Bach. Free entry.

- Cello concert DUO BRIKCIUS - ITALIAN BAROQUE MASTERS will take place on Tuesday 15th November 2016 at 7 p.m., at the Baroque Chapel of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga (Vlašská 34, Praha 1). The two cellists, brother and sister Anna Brikciusová and František Brikcius (Duo Brikcius), will introduce a programme for two cellos with virtuosic compositions by baroque masters, commemorating the 275th anniversary of Antonio Vivaldi and the 365th anniversary of Domenico Gabrielli). This event will feature composition Duo (1939 – 1940) by Terezín composer Gideon Klein (1919 - 1945) and will premiere a new composition Funambolo per due violoncelli (2016) by organist and composer Irena Kosíková. Free entry.

- Poetry reading POETRY DAY & NOCÍ PROŠEL DEN from Anna Brikciusová's new poetry collection, with accompanying cello music by the author, is scheduled for Wednesday 16th November 2016 at 4 p.m., at the Štefánik Observatory (Strahovská 205, Praha 1), as part of the 18th Festival Poetry Day and the 206th anniversary of the birth of poet Karel Hynek Mácha (1810 - 1836). This event, introduced by Marie Jirásková, will premiere a new composition Vidět hvězdy (2016) for solo cello by organist and composer Irena Kosíková. Free entry.

  Like previous projects (e.g. "eSACHERe", "MAKANNA", "Duo Brikcius - 2 Cellos Tour", "Weinberger Tour", "Festival Brikcius", ...), Festival Brikcius forms part of the Daniel Pearl World Music Days, which commemorate the legacy of Jewish journalist, musician Daniel Pearl, brutally murdered by group of terrorists for defending freedom of speech.

  Would you like to support Festival Brikcius, either financially or otherwise, but don't know how? Please choose one of many options mentioned in the support section and/or contact us directly. Thank you.