Miloslav Kabelac(1908-79)

[Mister Sharpe]

Concerning Kabelac's Symphonies 1 and 8:

From the notes on YouTube for the Eighth Symphony:

So, topical, in another word. Thanks, Cato.

[pjme]

https://miloslav-kabelac.com/en/works

Overture No. 1 for Orchestra, op.6, N6 (1939)
3 (3. anche picc.), 2, 2 in B (1. anche fag. in F; 2. anche cl. in B), 3 (3. anche fag. in F) - 4, 4 - 3, pos. - 1 tb - 1 pk, 6 sz - archi: vn I (14), vn II (12), vle (10), vcl (, cb (6)
Duration approx. 9'

Overture No. 2 for Large Orchestra, op.17, N17 (1947)
3 (3. anche picc.), 2, 2 in B (1. anche fag. in F; 2. anche cl. in B), 3 (3. anche fag. in F) - 4, 3 - 3, pos. - 1 tb - 1 pk, 6 sz - archi: vn I (14), vn II (12), vle (10), vcl (, cb (6)
Duration approx. 8'40''

I look forward to hear these works. There isn't really that much symphonic music in Kabelac output , apart from the symphonies, Mystery of time, Hamlet improvisation, the Reflections and Metamorphosis 2 (piano & orchestra). His opus 1 is a Fantasy for piano and orchestra.
There is a quite large amount of works for children/childrens choruses with or without orchestra.! I wonder how these works sound. 
Many years ago I found in Prague a 1997 Vltava cd with some really beautiful works for choir by Jaroslav Doubrava, Ilja Hurnik, Zdenek Lukas, Milan Jira and a short work by Kabelac, Milostna (1962) for male chorus and (small) orchestra. I find it extremely touching. It is totally different from the forbidding, grim world of the large orchestral works. Milostna is almost pastoral and ends with a ravishing hymn-like cantilena. 


«I am convinced that had he lived in an environment of artistic freedom, he would have become a major international composer — not just a regional one.»
— Jakub Hrůša, conductor

His music makes me often very sad...

[pjme]

[Symphonic Addict]

A big fan of his symphonies here. Perhaps the only one that didn't impress much me the last time I heard them all was the 5th with soprano. I think it gets a bit irritating and repetitive at the end. Even though I severely dislike narration in music, the 7th featuring a speaker is really gripping and much more modernistic than the previous six. The 8th is his more experimental one and it sounds like a dark, dramatic ritual. Pretty impressive stuff to say the least. Another interesting detail is that each symphony is for very different forces, there are no two equal ones.

[vandermolen]

I like the Cello Sonata recommended by Kyle (Kyjo)

[lunar22]

The Mystery of Time is a masterpiece -- indeed that was the inspiration for my own 13th symphony. I briefly tried the odd symphony but couldn't find find anything of quite the same quality -- perhaps someone could recommend one which perhaps has something of a similar atmosphere?

[foxandpeng]

A big fan of his symphonies here. Perhaps the only one that didn't impress much me the last time I heard them all was the 5th with soprano. I think it gets a bit irritating and repetitive at the end. Even though I severely dislike narration in music, the 7th featuring a speaker is really gripping and much more modernistic than the previous six. The 8th is his more experimental one and it sounds like a dark, dramatic ritual. Pretty impressive stuff to say the least. Another interesting detail is that each symphony is for very different forces, there are no two equal ones.

This.