ECHO fragile - CD

CD Contents: 1. Advent version for solo vibraphone (2019) 2. Spring from the Cave of Helplessness for string quartet (2016) 3.-7. Mikroludia – I. series for violin and piano 8. Living Butterfly for soprano and chamber ensemble of 12 players 9.-13. Mikroludia – II. series for violin and piano 14.-17. Quintet for violin, viola, cello, piano, and guitar (2017) 18. JIN – nostalgia and hope version for vibraphone and orchestra in three groups (2016, rev. 2017) 19. Epilogue for alto flute, viola, and cello (2007) The title Echo fragile, meaning fragile echo or echo of fragility, is characteristic not only for Ondřej Štochl's profile CD but also for a significant part of his work. Fragility, delicacy, or vulnerability are phenomena that Štochl conveys in a truly exceptional way. However, it must be added that the author is just as adept at cutting directly "to the quick" and stimulating thoughts that lead beyond our comfort zone. Both aspects are contributed to by non-musical contexts. We will not find programmatic compositions in the true sense of the word, but certain themes play an absolutely indispensable role in his (artistic) life. On one hand, these are motifs of calming, quieting, in which subtlety up to...