Iva Bittova stands alone in the isolated star-shaped 17th century Czech church of St John of Nepomuk, at Zelena Hora, her quavering explosive vocal and stark violin humming in the cold stone acoustics.
Bittova blends ancient Eastern European folk phrasing with experimental modal improvisations and ecstatic ejaculations, an analogue gypsy Bjork, or some conservatoire star turned feral by wolfsbane and boiled burdock. John of Nepomuk, The Czech national saint, was silenced for keeping the secrets of the Queen’s confessionals.
Bittova remains equally mysterious, inscrutable, essential.
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