»PESMI, KI SO PREMAGALE ČAS« / »SONGS THAT HAVE WITHSTOOD TIME«

OŽIVITEV PRENOSA KONCERTA TRBOVELJSKEGA SLAVČKA IZ LETA 1938 IN (DELA) KONCERTA AKADEMSKEGA ZBORA IZ LETA 1941 / RECREATION OF THE BROADCAST OF THE NIGHTINGALE OF TRBOVLJE CONCERT FROM 1938 AND (PART OF) THE ACADEMIC CHOIR CONCERT FROM 1941

Mladinski zbor RTV Slovenija / RTV Slovenia Youth Choir
Alenka Podpečan, dirigentka / conductor
Klemen Golner, klavir / piano

Moški del APZ Tone Tomšič Univerze v Ljubljani / Male Section of the Tone Tomšič Academic Choir of the University of Ljubljana
Rahela Durič, dirigentka / conductor

Moški del Zbora Slovenske filharmonije / Male Section of the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir
Sebastijan Vrhovnik, dirigent / conductor
Barbara Potočnik, solistka / soloist

Igor Velše, napovedovalec / announcer

Program / Programme:
Odlomki s posnetka prenosa koncerta Trboveljskega slavčka iz Ljubljane v Ameriko, 10. 3. 1938 / Excerpts from the recording of the broadcast of the »Nightingale of Trbovlje« concert from Ljubljana to America, March 10 1938
Slovenska tradicionalna / Slovenian traditional, prir. / arr. Emil Adamič: Zima odhaja, pomlad prihaja
Lepo jutro! (Anton Martin Slomšek)
Jezus sadil je vinograd
Po ljudskih motivih / After folk motifs, prir. / arr. Marko Tajčević: Udri kišo / Ulij se, dež, št. 2, iz zbirke / from Pjesme dodolske / Dodolske pesmi
Po ljudskih motivih / After folk motifs, prir. / arr. Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac:
Na ranilu / Jutranja
Emil Adamič: Sestrica (Silvin Sardenko)
Odlomki s posnetka koncerta Akademskega zbora pod vodstvom Franceta Marolta, 12. 12. 1941 iz Unionske dvorane v Ljubljani / Excerpts from the recording of the concert by the Academic Choir conducted by France Marolt, 12 December 1941 from the Union Hall in Ljubljana
Po gorenjskem motivu / After an Upper Carniolian motif, prir. / arr. France Marolt: V klošter bi šla
Primorska ljudska / Slovene Littoral traditional, prir. / arr. France Marolt: Kaj b' jaz tebi dav?
Belokranjske tradicionalne / White Carniola traditionals, prir. / arr. Matija Tomc: Svatske pesmi
Koroška tradicionalna / Carinthian traditional, prir. / arr. France Marolt: Pojdam u rute
Davorin Jenko: Lipa (Miroslav Vilhar)
Po ljudski iz Drašičev / After a folk song from Drašiči, prir. / arr. Marko Bajuk: Srce je žalostno
Štajerska tradicionalna / Styrian traditional, prir. / arr. Oskar Dev: Flosarska

Koncert Pesmi, ki so premagale čas obuja dva izjemna zgodovinska dokumenta slovenske glasbene in radijske dediščine: posnetek koncerta Trboveljskega slavčka iz leta 1938, prvega neposrednega čezoceanskega prenosa iz studia Radia Ljubljana, ter delno ohranjen posnetek Akademskega pevskega zbora pod vodstvom Franceta Marolta iz leta 1941 v Unionski dvorani. Oba posnetka veljata za neprecenljiva zaklada slovenske narodne identitete; prežeta sta s silovitim čustvenim nabojem in pričata o izjemni kakovosti slovenskih poustvarjalcev v času, ko je radijski eter prvič odpiral prostor našemu glasbenemu glasovanju. Njuna oživitev na koncertnem odru ponuja redek vpogled v dva bežna, a odločilna trenutka slovenske kulturne zgodovine.

Prvi del večera obuja glasove Mladinskega zbora RTV Slovenija pod vodstvom Alenke Podpečan. S pianistom Klemnom Golnerjem poustvarjajo program legendarnega Trboveljskega slavčka – otroškega zbora, ki ga je leta 1930 ustanovil Avgust Šuligoj in ki je v nekaj letih osvojil evropske odre, leta 1936 postal »najboljši otroški zbor na svetu« ter leta 1938 izvedel prvi slovenski radijski čezatlantski prenos. V tem sklopu zazvenijo priredbe Emila Adamiča, pa tudi dela ustvarjalcev, ki so slovenske ljudske in širše južnoslovanske motive vtkali v umetniško obliko, Marka Tajčevića in Stevana Stojanovića Mokranjca.

Drugi del sega v leto 1941 in poustvarja znameniti koncert Akademskega pevskega zbora, ki ga je leta 1926 ustanovil France Marolt in ga s prepoznavno strokovno zahtevnostjo in umetniško širino popeljal med vrhunske slovenske vokalne sestave. Zbor, katerega nastop je bil obenem njegov zadnji pred kulturnim molkom, tokrat oživljata moški del APZ Tone Tomšič Univerze v Ljubljani pod vodstvom Rahele Durič ter moški del Zbora Slovenske filharmonije pod vodstvom Sebastjana Vrhovnika, s solistko Barbaro Potočnik. V programu se zvrstijo priredbe Franceta Marolta, Matije Tomca, Marka Bajuka in Oskarja Deva, ki iz različnih slovenskih pokrajin prinašajo motive Gorenjske, Primorske, Bele krajine, Koroške in Štajerske, ter slovenska romantična pesem Davorina Jenka. Sklep večera tako ni le poklon dvema zgodovinskima posnetkoma, temveč tudi srečanje z dragoceno dediščino, ki je nekoč prvič zazvenela prek radijskih valov.
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The concert Songs That Have Withstood Time recalls two remarkable documents of Slovene musical and radio heritage: a recording of a 1938 concert by the Nightingale of Trbovlje children’s choir that was also the first live transatlantic broadcast from the studios of Radio Ljubljana, and a partially preserved recording of a 1941 performance by the Academic Choir conducted by France Marolt in the grand hall of Ljubljana’s Hotel Union. Both recordings are priceless treasures of Slovene national identity, imbued with a powerful emotional charge and standing as testimony to the exceptional quality of home-grown performers at a time when the airwaves were offering a platform to Slovene music for the first time. Their recreation on the concert stage offers a rare insight into two fleeting but decisive moments in Slovenia’s cultural history.

The first part of the evening features the voices of the RTV Slovenia Youth Choir conducted by Alenka Podpečan and accompanied by pianist Klemen Golner, with a recreation of the programme of the legendary Nightingale of Trbovlje – the children’s choir founded in 1930 by Avgust Šuligoj that within a few short years had conquered stages across Europe, in 1936 became “the best children’s choir in the world”, and in 1938 gave the first transatlantic radio broadcast from Slovenia. This part of the concert includes arrangements by Emil Adamič alongside others by Marko Tajčević and Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac, two composers who wove Slovene and other South Slavic folk melodies into artistic form.

The second part dates back to 1941 and recreates a famous concert by the Academic Choir, founded in 1926 by France Marolt, who, with the high professional standards and artistic breadth that characterised him, turned it into one of Slovenia’s finest vocal ensembles. The choir, whose famous 1941 performance was also its last public appearance before the enforced cultural silence that lasted until the end of the Second World War, is recreated for the occasion by the men of the University of Ljubljana’s Tone Tomšič Academic Choir, conducted by Rahela Durič, and the men of the Slovenian Philharmonic Choir, conducted by Sebastjan Vrhovnik, together with soloist Barbara Potočnik. The programme consists of arrangements by France Marolt, Matija Tomc, Marko Bajuk and Oskar Dev of folk songs and melodies from different parts of Slovenia (present-day Gorenjska, Primorska, Bela Krajina, Koroška and Štajerska), along with an original song by the Romantic composer Davorin Jenko. The conclusion of the evening is thus not only a homage to two historic recordings but an encounter with valuable heritage that was once introduced to listeners over the airwaves.