Bruno Vlahek: String Quartet
Performed by Zagreb String Quartet

III. Scherzo

II. Intermezzo

I. Allegro furioso

Dve protuletne / Two Spring Songs, Op. 29
for mixed choir a cappella
I. Roža bela
II. Protuletna
lyrics: Stjepan Hrčić
performed by MePZ Štefana Kovača (Slovenia)
conductor: Tomi Bušinoski

I. Roža bela

Bruno Vlahek (1986-): TOWER ETUDES, Op. 46 for piano (2017)
/ETIDE-TORNJEVI za klavir/

1.  Babel Étude (Babilonska etida)                                            
     Tower of Babel / Babylonia, ca. 610 BC
 
2. Eiffel Étude (Eiffelova etida)                     1:00                          
Eiffel Tower / Paris (France), 1889
 
3. Empire Étude (Imperijalna etida)                               2:35    
Empire State Building / New York (USA), 1931
 
4. Pearl Étude  (Biserna etida)                    4:26                              
Oriental Pearl Tower / Shanghai (China), 1994
 
5. Khalifa Étude  (Kalifina etida)     6:38
Burj Khalifa, Dubai (UAE), 2010

Bruno Vlahek, piano

"Tower Études were commissioned for the 24th international competition for pianists “Young virtuoso”, Zagreb, 2018. These are
five études of progressive demands in line with the age and educational level of competitors in each of five categories, lined
up by the height of a particular building. The idea was to make a certain modern “Gradus ad Parnassum”, where the mythological
Parnassus from the well-known Clementi’s études is replaced by different peaks – high buildings challenging the construction work
of people, just as the young pianists strive for higher accomplishments. Just like the height of the towers, these accomplishments
are dreamy, visionary, sometimes elusive, or even insatiable – for the very reason Babylon is symbolically the initial étude of
the cycle. Other movements are inspired by the contemporary buildings I have had an opportunity to visit, which have made an
impression on me personally. Therefore, Eiffel Étude uses the charm of the French music idiom, syncopated rhythms invoke the
energy of New York in the 30s of last century, meditative hypnotism of a view from the traditional Shanghai gardens Yuyuan onto
the futuristic TV tower, while the highest tower nowadays in the world defies the desert climate and sand storms in a virtuoso way."

Pearl Etude

04. Pearl Etude

Empire Etude

03. Empire Etude

Eiffel Etude

02. Eiffel Etude

Babylon Etide

01. Babel Etude

Bruno Vlahek: STABAT MATER
Oratorio for soprano, baritone, two pianos and mixed choir, Op. 37

Gorana Biondić, soprano
 Matija Meić, baritone
 Dubravka Vukalović Vlahek, piano
 Bruno Vlahek, piano
 Chamber Choir of the Zagreb Academy of Music
 conductor: Jasenka Ostojić

Great Hall of the Croatian Music Institute, 25th March 2015
24th PASSION HERITAGE FESTIVAL - Zagreb

Stabat Mater - V. Interlude - Sancta Mater, istud agas

Stabat Mater - IV. Eia mater, fons amoris

Stabat Mater - III. Quis est homo

Stabat Mater - II. O quam tristis - Quae morebat

Stabat Mater - I. Stabat mater dolorosa

Vox Mirabilis Chamber Choir
Conductor: Katica Zemlényi
Székesfehérvár (Hungary), January 2018

Vlahek: Cantate Domino

Bruno Vlahek: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 42
Mihael Paar, clarinet
Filip Fak, piano

Bruno Vlahek Composition

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