Summer Festivities of Early Music
3rd international music festival
Prague in the Course of Centuries
30. 6. – 21. 7. 2002
Music in the Jesuit College
The Klementinum Jesuit College in its prime and its influence around 1720
I Virtuosi (Poland)
Anna Mikolajczyk – soprano
Marek Niewiedzial – artistic director
Sunday 30 June 2002, 7 pm
The Vine Courtyard of Klementinum, Prague 1
The Wind Band
Mozart’s Don Giovanni in a period transcription by J. Triebensee and music by J. Mysliveček for wind octet on period instruments
Amphion wind octet (Switzerland)
Wednesday 3 July 2002, 7 pm
Vrtba Garden, Karmelitská 25, Prague 1
Fantasy for Viols
Instrumental music of Rudolphine Prague and jewels of English consort music
Phantasm (Great Britain)
Saturday 6 July 2002, 8 pm
Baroque Library Hall, Melantrichova 19, Prague 1
Fair Festival of St. Norbert
A reconstruction of the 1627 celebrations of the transfer of St. Norbert’s relics to the Strahov Monastery with allegorical scenes
Sunday 14 July 2002, 5 pm
The Main Courtyard of the Strahov Monastery, Prague 1
Cesare Negri – The Grace of Love
Music and dance of Rudolphine Prague(a choreographed performance in period costumes)
Chorea historica – dance ensemble (Czech Republic)
Eva Kröschlová – artistic director
Collegium Marianum – music ensemble (Czech Republic)
Jana Semerádová – artistic director
Sunday 21 July 2002, 7 pm
Waldstein Garden, Waldstein Square 7, Prague 1
Antonio Caldara – La Contesa de´Numi
Scenic performances of a chamber opera staged in Prague on the occasion of the 1723 coronation of Charles VI as the King of Bohemia (modern premiere)
Cristina Rosario (Portugal) – GIOVE
Markéta Cukrová (Czech Republic) – GIUNONE
Marta Fadljevičová (Czech Republic) – PALLADE
Anna Mikolajczyk (Poland) – APOLLO
Vojtěch Šafařík (Czech Republic) – MARTE
Collegium Marianum (Czech Republic) – music ensemble
Sigrid T´Hooft (Belgium) – direction and choreography
Marius van Altena – vocal direction (Netherlands)
Lenka Koubková (Czech Republic) and Evangelina Mascardi (Argentina) – music direction
Markéta Stormová (Czech Republic) – costumes
Iva Veselá, Sylvie Čáňová and Klára Koldová (Czech Republic) – stage design
Saturday 27 July and Sunday 28 July 2002, 7 pm
The Baroque Refectory of the Dominican Monastery, Jilská 7a, Prague 1
