In his four-movement suite "Songs from the East End", Pavel Stanék makes use of folk songs from his Bohemian-Moravian homeland to put them together in an independent way to create a larger sound painting. The work of Stanék has a tendency towards lush harmony, which gives the music a sumptuous and full character. Delicate chamber music passages and large orchestral tutti give the individual movements lightness and tension. In the first two movements he more or less adheres to the strophic ground...