I wrote the composition L'Oceán for symphony orchestra as a tribute to the composition "La Mer" by Claude Debussy. 

The work was created in the course "Historical Studies" at the Faculty of Music and Dance of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU) under the guidance of Dr. Jan Dušek, whom I would like to thank very much.

L'oceán

The solo clarinet, which expands the theme from different perspectives and builds on their diversity, plays a crucial role in my composition. The ensemble inspired by the clarinet then further develops the idea of the composition. The gradation of the work, which is an important compositional principle, is sometimes subdued to further emphasize the culmination of the piece.

Filip Urban (Conductor)
Daniel Svoboda (Clarinet)
Pavla Slavíková (Violin)
Karolína Strouhalová (Viola)
Markéta Brixi (Cello)
Viktoria Gurkovská (Double Bass)
Klára Lesáková (Flute)
Tserennadmid Boldbaatar (Oboe)
Marek Paluřík (Trumpet in Bb)
Jan Garláthy (French horn)
Alena Voříšková (Trombone)
Benedikt Holčák (Percussion)
Jakub Ides (Percussion)

Pavel Nesit - Concert for clarinet and ensemble

"I wrote the song to a text by the writer and poet Vojtěch Martínek, who, like me, came from the picturesque town of Brušperk. I originally wrote the piece for soprano, viola, marimba and timpani, but unfortunately the performance never happened, either because of the unconventional scoring (it was impossible to "put" the musicians together) or because of the Covid 19 pandemic. Therefore, when the opportunity arose to perform the piece with the condition that I "remake" it for other instruments, I didn't hesitate for a second. So now you can hear "Verses" in a new guise - soprano, oboe, violin and piano. It also warms my heart that the song was performed by top performers and in the new hall of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava. What more could I ask for as a Lachia's author?"

The song was performed on 5 June at the concert of the Festival „Hudební současnost.”
Soprano: Klára Hlušková
Oboe: Marlen Vavříková
Violin: Petr Maceček
Piano: Eliška Novotná

Verse

Dopamine. A word often bandied about by today's younger generation. I was intrigued when I heard in the gym, "Yeah, it's our grandmothers, they had dopamine all over the place." Who knows if our ancestors actually had levels of this substance "elsewhere" or if this is just an exaggerated fascination with our brains and psyches. But what is it? Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that affects our motivation, sense of reward and happiness.
In the piece I tried to capture this complex cocktail of emotions and its effect on modern man. The music gradually evolves - from subtle motifs symbolizing the primal impulses of joy and desire, to dramatic twists and turns that reflect the alternation of dependence and restlessness that dopamine sometimes brings.
The piece includes a quotation from my earlier work Serotonin, which deals with feelings of depression. The music of Dopamine enters into this quote as a light reaching into the darkness, bringing feelings of excitement, motivation and perhaps even joy. But it begs the question: can dopamine really trump deeper feelings of doom? Or is it just a temporary band-aid we apply to the hidden problems of the modern workaholic, seeking ever new instant gratification? Is it a legal drug?

Pavel Nesit – Dopamin

I was born in January 1997 in an Ostrava maternity hospital, but my home is the lachia's town Brušperk, 8 km away from Janáček's birthplace. There I graduated the Elementary Art School and at the same time studied composition in Ostrava with Mrs. Olga Šmídová. In 2017, I graduated the "Janáček Conservatory and Grammar School in Ostrava", where my supervisor was Mr. Milan Báchorek for the first year, then until the graduation MgA. Michal Janošík. At that time were composed a number of my chamber, solo and vocal compositions, with which I regularly participated in all conservatory events during my studies. Now I am studying composition for 3 years at the Prague Academy of Music in the class of doc. MgA. Slavomír Hořínka, Ph.D. In my current work, I prefer to work with limited compositional material - especially tonal, and I focus on the instrumentation of selected instruments.

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