Samantha Gaul; Irina Jae-Eun Park; Michael Borth; Muriel Cantoreggi; Dina Fortuna-Bollon; Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe; Members of the Opernchor des Theater Freiburg; The Lilyis Project; Fabrice Bollon - Leoo Janacek and Fabrice Bollon: The Cunning Little Vixen; aarka; Twelve Lilies for Leoo

The Cunning Little Vixen was composed in 1923 so this is its 100-year anniversary, heard in this brand-new and unique chamber arrangement by Bollon. Fabrice Bollonis Janacek project was developed during the COVID lockdown when the use of large orchestras was forbidden. Bollon wrote a version of The Cunning Little Vixen for twelve instruments n not a reduction but an imaginative recreation employing new combinations of sounds, without brass. Janacekis vital, highly personal orchestration inspired Bollon, in his version, to make the opera more accessible and open to a wider audience. He has also compressed aarka into a duo and written Twelve Lilies for Leoo, a colourfully scored tribute employing reminiscences from Janacekis works.