Vitezslava Kapralova 1915-1940

[giles.enders]

Vitezslava Kapralova born Brno 1915  died Paris 1940  Daughter of composer Vaclav Kapral.

Orchestral

Suite in Miniature for chamber orchestra  Op.1  1934
Piano Concerto in D minor Op.7  1934
'Sad Evening' for voice and Orchestra 1936
Military Sinfonietta  Op.11 1936
Cantata 'Ilena'  Op.15  1937
Suita Rustica  Op.19  1938
Partita for Piano and Strings  Op.20  1939
Concertino for Violin, Clarinet and Orchestra  Op.21  1939
'Prelude de Noel' for Chamber Orchestra  1939
Military March  for Chamber Orchestra  194o

Chamber

Legend for Violin and piano Op.3/1 1932
Burlesque for Violin and piano  Op.3/2 1932
'Leden' for Soprano/tenor, flute, two violins, cello and piano  1933
Trio for Clarinet, Oboe and bassoon  1937
Sonatina for Violin and piano  1939
Elegy for violin and piano 1939
Deax Ritournelles for violin and piano  Op.25  1940

[eschiss1]

I don't know if it's one of their commercial recordings- I think they're beginning to make them- will have to check, but I see a mention of a Czech radio recording of Kapralova's piano concerto (with "label #" CRO 0577-2, rebroadcast recently on Swedish radio. Hrm. Anyway, it may be commercially available now, will have to look further. Haven't heard it yet though.

[herrarte]

The Piano Concerto has been recorded,  here's the link.

http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/alice-rajnohova/vitezslava-kapralova-piano-concerto/12936957/:

[mjkFendrich]

a vast amount of details may be found at

http://www.kapralova.org/

[Sharkkb8]

Vitezslava Kapralova, Czech composer who died at the age of 25.  This cd (Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Alena Hron) due from Amazon (USA) on Aug 2 but looks like it's available now, from Presto.  (sound bytes at the Presto listing, some of her music may be "over the line" but certainly not all of it, methinks. Or meguesses, anyway  ).  More extensive biographical info here, at the Kapralova Society.



Amazon:  "Although she only lived to be 25, Vitezslava Kapralova has taught a lesson to all those who think that one can only compose music with a licence. This incredibly talented Czech simply wrote music and was on the way to becoming one of the greats before she succumbed to a typhus infection in France in 1940. Two years earlier, she opened the festival of the International Society for New Music in London with her Military Sinfonietta, which was enthusiastically received by the press and the public; her piano concerto, her graduation piece in her home city of Brno, was a brilliant success; her Suite Rustica featuring famous Czech folk songs had all the makings of a "pop hit".... Sometimes it is difficult to comprehend the caprices of destiny."