Pavel Šporcl – new recording – « Christmas on the Blue Violin »with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra released by Universal Music

Christmas on the Blue Violin is the first Christmas album of Pavel Šporcl, created with the world-famous Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra and conductor Sebastian Lang – Lessing. The album contains the most famous as well as lesser-known Christmas melodies, songs and traditional carols in special arrangements for solo violin accompanied by the orchestra, released by Universal Music. The guests of the album are members of the Czech choir Boni Pueri and harpist Jana Boušková.

« The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is undoubtedly one of the best orchestras in the world. I have already cooperated with them several times but this has been the first time when we have made recordings together. It has been a highly enriching experience. Likewise, I have been amazed by the musicianship with the wonderful and world-renowned conductor Sebastian Lang – Lessing. I myself have participated in the arranging of songs, especially my violin part, » adds Pavel Šporcl about the recording in Liverpool. Besides the hit Jingle Bells, the magical carol Silent Night and Schubert’s Ave Maria, the new album also includes the violinist’s latest own composition Prayer.

« Music brings nations together. Since ancient times, thanks to music, people have been decorating the celebrations during Advent and Christmas time. Its beauty will enhance the atmosphere of the festive moments not only in churches and concert venues but also inside our homes. That’s why I have made this record with Christmas carols and songs from different parts of the world that I like, » says the violin virtuoso.

The series of concerts will start on the 4th of December in České Budějovice and finish on the 22nd of December in Karlovy Vary . During twelve concerts in eleven cities of the Czech Republic, seventy artists will meet on one stage. In Czech cities, the violinist will be accompanied by the Karlovy Vary Symphonic Orchestra, and in Moravia, he will be accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Bohuslav Martinů Zlín. Unique and spectacular concerts are decorated by choral voices of the renowned Czech boys choir Boni Pueri and the soprano of the double Thalia Award 2012 winner Jana Šrejma Kačírková. All concerts will be conducted by Jan Kučera, the chief conductor of the Karlovy Vary Symphonic Orchestra and a guest conductor of the National Theater.

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Pavel Šporcl recorded the world premiere of the long-lost violin concerto by Jan Kubelik!

Violinist-composer Jan Kubelik, father of conductor Rafael Kubelik, was one of the world’s biggest music celebrities, then faded into obscurity with the outbreak of war. Pavel Šporcl recorded it as a world premiere. Below is the live performance from Smetana Hall with Prague Symphony Orchestra and Tomas Brauner.

« Homage to Jan Kubelik » – Pavel Sporcl’s new CD

Pavel Sporcl’s records long-lost violin concerto by forgotten violinist Jan Kubelik in « Homage To Jan Kubelik’ with Prague Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Tomas Brauner. It comprises the world premiere recording of Jan Kubelik’s Violin Concerto No.1 and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Violinist-composer Jan Kubelik, father of the conductor Rafael Kubelik, was one of […]

Pavel Šporcl: the man with the blue violin

MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig and Pavel Šporcl

« Out of this world…It has been a long time since the audience were as enthusiastic as at this concert…the Czech star violinist Pavel Sporcl tore the audience from their seats, cheering…at the cadence of the first movement you could hear a pin drop…the audience were so under his spell, then […]

Pavel Sporcl’s « Paganiniana » in « theartsdesk »

… the Caprice No. 24, performed with a lightness of touch, Šporcl’s flexibility of tempo making the piece sound as if it’s being improvised. To read more click here Read Pavel Šporcl’a First Person for theartsdesk on Paganini and the Czech tradition

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Mendelssohn violin concerto

New video in the Strad!

This may just be the finest account of Mendelssohn’s E minor Concerto that I have heard’ writes Musical Opinions’s Guy Rickards of the star Czech violinist’s performance with the English Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Woods. The Strad calls it ‘stunning’.

Here is the video

Pavel Sporcl – My violin legend

Dvorak violin concerto

Pavel Šporcl – » the finest live account of Mendelssohn’s «

« Might be the finest live account of Mendelssohn’s E minor Concerto I have heard »!

Musical Opinion – Guy Rickards:

« This was special…Pavel Šporcl is a Czech violinist of prodigious technical ability and extraordinary musicality and both attributes were put into play in what may just be the finest live account of Mendelssohn’s E minor Concerto I have heard…(he) produced a very fluent account of the opening movement, taken quite quickly, as was the central span. The speeds, however, seemed perfectly right, with Šporcl in complete command of the work as a whole, the accompaniment throughout beautifully shaped by Woods. There were some lovely instrumental solos from the band, too, particularly from the horns. The finale fair danced along—and at quite a lick, too—in an immaculate performance that was deservedly rewarded by sustained applause. Šporcl rewarded the audience with a brief encore of Paganini’s 5th Caprice. »!

Pavel Sporcl – Gala concert in Prague

The leading Czech violinist and patron of the world’s oldest violin competition for under-sixteens will lead a gala concert in Prague on April 25th, featuring a gathering of competition laureates.

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