has presented recitals of 130 leading interpreters from twenty-seven countries from all around the world, including the Czech Republic. The enormous effort of Ms Irena Chřibková, the titular organist of St. James´ Basilica, to organise the whole cycle of eight concerts taking place during August and September is supported by a team of enthusiastic people, including Přečíst si víc o20th Audite Organum at St. James´ Basilica – the organist Irena Chřibková and her guests[…]

Jiří Teml, the leading Czech contemporary composer, has received a commission from the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK to compose the Concerto for Organ and Big Orchestra. It has not been an unknown challenge for him as he is well aware of the instrument and its sound and expression possibilities. He composed his first organ concerto in 1985. Already Přečíst si víc oTeml´s new Organ Concerto[…]

The recently finished 17th International Organ Festival has indicated the marvellous conception and organisation work of Ms Irena Chřibková, the festival’s directress and the titular organist of St. James´ Basilica. …. The final concert was a recital of Ms Chřibková who played with an absolute mastery, from both technical and expressional point of view. Her deep Přečíst si víc oInternational Organ Festival at St. James´[…]

Out of other concerts we should point out the final recital of Irena Chřibková. Ms Chřibková appears annually at the festival and it is a meritorious act of her to play pieces for the organ and orchestra which can be rarely heard in the prevailing concert production (e.g. Eben, Hanuš, Kabeláč). This year she performed Přečíst si víc oSt. James´ International Organ Festival[…]

Organ recitals of excellent programme conception have always constituted a significant part of the Forfest festival. The recital of Ms Irena Chřibková taking place at St. Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc on 12th June 2011 was also of that sort. An infrequent programme conception of music by composers from the Slovak Republic, Germany, the USA and Přečíst si víc oMs Irena Chřibková has enchanted the audience[…]

Organists often express considerable criticism about the organ at the Martinů Hall in Prague, in terms of a rather short reverberation time in comparison with church organ. Thus, slightest imperfections in a smooth slur of individual tones and chords are audible. However, after the second part of the concert performed by Ms. Irena Chřibková, an organist Přečíst si víc oThe Organ at the Martinů Hall in Prague[…]

The sound of organ has not lost its glamour and popularity until today. The sold-out organ concerts give evidence to this fact. The organisers of the Prague Spring are well aware of this tendency and have been inspired to launch the Days of Prague Organ, this time being it already its second year. The organ recital of Přečíst si víc oThe Prague Spring[…]

Eben´s Labyrinth is the most suggestive swan song which I have heard in the recent years. In my opinion, this composition once again declares that Eben belongs among the most distinguished Czech composers of the last thirty years. However, the qualities of such an exceptional composition might fully excite listeners´ attention, on the assumption that it Přečíst si víc oEben´s Labyrinth[…]

The opening concert given by Irena Chřibková together with the percussionist Martin Opršál presented first a premiere of Sonata for Organ solo, No. 4 by Otomar Kvěch, a composition of an interesting structure and colours, dedicated to Kvěch´s deceased spouse. This piece was followed by a scarcely performed cycle Landscapes of Patmos for Organ and Percussion by Petr Eben. Přečíst si víc oThe opening concert[…]

The International Organ Festival traditionally taking place in August and September at St. James´ Basilica in the Old Town of Prague has entered into its second decade. This eminent cultural event organised by the director of the festival and the titular organist of St. James´ Basilica Mrs. Irena Chřibková, held under the auspices of the Přečíst si víc oThe International Organ Festival[…]