Miera Kim and Carey Bostian with Red Cedar Chamber Music present “Hussite Fantasy.” The program includes two pieces commissioned expressly to celebrate Czech heritage in Cedar Rapids.
The title piece, “Hussite Fantasy” was commissioned in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church in Ely. Composer Phillip Warton, a Decorah native, comes home to perform int he program.
Cedar Rapids composer Jerry Owen wrote “Concertant Over Czech Folk Songs” in tribute to Coe music professor Alma Turachek, who spent her summers in Europe documenting and preserving traditional Czech melodies.
Two main concerts, Saturday February 25th, pm at First Presbyterian Church in Iowa City, and and Sunday, February 26th at 3pm at the National Czech & Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids. Plus outreach concerts in Central City, Williamsburg, Marion, and the historic Czech Church in Ely where “Hussite Fantasy” debuted.
Full schedule and ticket into at www.redcedar.org.