b. 21 June 1899 in Brno -  d. 18 october 1944 in Auschwitz-Birkenau

Unfortunately the "Variations for piano and orchestra" composed by Pavel Haas in Theresienstadt in 1944 are lost. Only his piano suite Op.13 and a few smaller piano pieces, songs and some chamber music sompositions are preserved. Two beautiful song cycles are particularly noteworthy: the "7 folk songs" and the late cycle "4 songs based on Chinese poetry". Very popular and often performed is his “Suite for oboe and piano” (1939).

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Suite for piano Op.13 - 1933
Lada Valešová, Piano
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Čtyři písně na čínskou poezii (Four songs on Chinese Poetry) - 1944
I Zaslechl jsem divoké husy (Wei Jing-wu) / I Heard Wild Geese
II V bambusovém háji (Wang-Wei) / In The Bamboo Grove
III Daleko měsíc je domova (Čang Čiu-ling) / Far Away Is The Moon Of Home
IV Probděná noc (Han Jü) / Sleepless Night
Karel Průša (bass), Jiří Pokorný (piano)
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Suite per oboe e pianoforte  - 1939
Vilém Veverka, Oboe; Ivo Kahánek, Piano
I. Furioso II. Con fuoco III. Moderato
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7 písní v lidovém tónu [7 Songs in Folk Tone], op.18 (text: F.L. Čelakovský) - 1940
Anne Sofie von Otter - Sopran; Bengt Forsberg - Klavier
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Pavel Haas: composer of the week No. 14 / April 2018