BABORAK ENSEMBLE

Radek Baborák – Solo Horn and Conductor
Milan Al-Ashab – 1. Violin
Martina Bačová – 2. Violin
Karel Untermüller- Viola
Hana Baboráková – Violoncello
David Pavelka – Double bass

The BABORÁK ENSEMBLE was founded in 2003 by a highly acclaimed Solo Horn Player and Conductor Radek Baborák. Its members are bound together by a shared enjoyment of performing music by composers of four stylistically different eras, as well as an enthusiasm for discovering unknown works and the search for unusual, non-traditional interpretations of compositions either dedicated to or arranged for the ensemble.

The core of the Ensemble is formed by the French Horn and the String Quartet with Double bass. This ensemble has been flexible from the very first performances and varies depending on the stylistic and repertoire demands of individual compositions.

The ensemble is a frequent guest at many international festivals such as the Mozart Week Salzburg, Prague Spring Festival, Smetana Litomyšl, Festival of Middle Europa, Janáček Festival, Pierre Boulez Hall Berlin, Viva Musica Bratislava. The ensemble is a regular guest in Japan’s and performs in prestigious venues in Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Mito. As a residential group, the ensemble performs series concerts at St. Agnes Church in Prague.

Through the musical leadership of Radek Baborák the Ensemble has made a great number of exciting and distinguished recordings over the years for the Japanese company Exton. For the record label Suprafon the ensemble recorded compositions by Bohuslav Martinů, Charles Koechlin, Carl Nielsen and the complete set of Mozart’s Horn Concertos. Their Mozart album Sinfonia Concertante: Music for French Horn (2018) won the Classic Prague Awards in 2018. Further recordings are three prestigious albums of the work of Astor Piazzolla: Cuatrocientas Estaciones de Ástor Piazzolla (2021), Piazzolla (2019) and Orquestrina (2014). The year 2021 saw Radek Baborak rearrange and reimagining the music of Gustav Mahler in their album Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn (2021) which was featured by internationally renowned Czech singers Kateřina Kněžíková, Markéta Cukrová and Adam Plachetka.

Program Sample for Horn and String Quartet:

Anton REJCHA (1770 – 1836)
Quintett für Horn und Streichquartett E-Dur op. 106

Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865 – 1936)
Idyll und Serenade für Horn und Streicher (1884)

Alexander GLAZUNOV (1865 – 1936)
Reverie

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827)
Sextett Es-Dur für Horn und Streichquintett
Bearbeitung nach Quintett op.4 (arr. Radek Baborak)

Lev KOGAN (1927 – 2007)
Chasidic Tunes

More program possibilities:

1.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Konzert für 2 Hörner, Streicher und Bc. in Es-Dur, 1681-1767

Joseph Haydn
« Divertimento a tre » Es-Dur Hob. IV:5, 1732-1809
für Horn, Violine und Violoncello

Anton Rejcha
4 Trios aus: 12 Trios für 2 Hörner und Violoncello op. 93, 1770-1836

Alexander von Zemlinsky
Jagdstück – Bearbeitung für 2 Hörner, 1871-1942
2 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sextett Es-Dur op. 81 b für 2 Hörner und Streichquartett

Leone Sinigaglia
Romanze für Horn und Streichquartett op. 3, 1868-1944
Kerry Turner
Sonate für Horn und Streichquartett, geb. 1960

2.
Luigi Cherubini – Sonata für Horn and Streichorchester B-Moll
W. A. Mozart – Romanze As-Dur (Bearb. M. Haydn aus dem 2. und 3. Satz des Konzertes)
Glazunov – Serenade
K. Turner – Sonate
Bowen – Quintett
C. Saglietti – Suite

3.
Mouret – „Melousine“ Suite in D
K. Hoffmeister – Quintett Es-Dur
Mozart – Musikalischer Spaß
Luigi Cherubini – Two Sonatas for Horn and String Orchestra B-Minor
Leone Sinigaglia – Romanze für Horn und Quartett op. 3
Beethoven – Sextett Es-Dur, Op. 81b

4.
W. A. Mozart – Quintett Es-Dur
Bowen – Quintett
Stamitz – Quintett
K. Turner – Sonate

5.
A. J. Reicha – Quintett E-Dur, Op. 106
W. A. Mozart – Musikalischer Spaß
Družecký – Casacione in F
Beethoven – Sextett Es-Dur, Op. 81b

6. Barockmusik
G. F. Telemann – Suite F-Dur
Vivaldi, trans. Guglielmo Sabatini – Concerto für Horn und Streicher
Corette – Concerto „La Choisy“
Mouret – « Melousine » Suite in D
G. F. Telemann – Concerto Arte
Vivaldi – Concerto F-Dur

7.
K. Turner – Sonate
B. Kroll – Cantico solenne
Glazunov – Serenade
Leone Sinigalia – Romanze op. 3
C. Saglietti – Suite