Summer Festivities of Early Music
5th international music festival
Bohemia and Europe
Prague, 2 July – 6 August 2004
The festival was part of the project Czech music 2004.
PROGRAMME
Perfidissimo cor!
Secular cantatas by A. Vivaldi
Philippe Jaroussky – countertenor
Artaserse (France)
Friday 9 July 2004, 7.30 pm
Troja Chateau, U Trojského zámku 1, Praha 7
Grandi maestri
J. S. Bach, J. D. Zelenka, A. Vivaldi, A. Lotti
Peter Kooij – bass (Netherlands)
Anton Steck – principal violin (Germany)
Martin Stadler – baroque oboe (Germany)
Collegium Marianum – orchestra
Sunday 11 July 2004, 7.30 pm
Dvořák Hall of Rudolfinum, Náměstí Jana Palacha, Praha 1
Hommage à H. I. F. Biber
Tercentenary of the death of the great violinist and composer
Andrew Manze – baroque violin (Great Britain)
Richard Egarr – harpsichord (Great Britain)
Monday 12 July 2004, 7.30 pm
Břevnov Monastery, Teresian Hall, Markétská 1, Praha 6
La Suave Melodia
A. Corelli, A. Vivaldi, M. Uccellini, S. Rossi, B. Storace
Oman Consort (Austria)
Michael Oman – artistic director
Tuesday 13 July 2004, 8.30 pm
Nostic Palace, Courtyard, Maltézské nám. 1, Praha 1
The Music of the Kings
Spanish music on European courts from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Mudéjar (Spain)
Begoña Olavide – artistic director
Saturday 17 July 2004, 7.30 pm
St Martin in the Wall Church, Martinská, Praha 1
The Ambassadors of Czech Music
F. X. Richter, F. Benda, L. Koželuh, J. L. Dusík, A. Krafft, V. Jírovec
Capella Apollinis – classicist piano trio
Tuesday 20 July 2004, 7.30 pm
Baroque Library Hall, Melantrichova 19, Praha 1
Chess
Renaissance play with dance
Ardente Sole – dance ensemble (Poland)
Pawel Winsczyk – direction
Romana Agnel – choreography
Wednesday 21 July 2004, 8.30 pm
Nostic Palace, Courtyard, Maltézské nám. 1, Praha 1
Ad honorem Sancti Joannis Nepomuceni
Baroque festival with music and allegorical scenes
to the canonization of St John Nepomuk
Blažena Hončarovičová – direction
Ritornello, Collegium Marianum , Chorea Historica ensembles (Czech Republic)
Sunday 25 July 2004, 7 pm
St Jan Nepomucký Church, Kanovnická ul., Praha 1
Harmonia caelestis
B. M. Černohorský, F. I. A. Tuma, P. Esterházy,
J. J. I. Brentner, J. J. Fux, A. Caldara
Noémi Kiss – soprano
Affetti Musicali (Hungary)
Wednesday 28 July 2004, 7.30 pm
St Gallus Church, Havelská ul., Praha 1
Bohemia mediaevalis
Czech sacred songs of the Middle Ages
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis (Czech Republic)
David Eben – artistic director
Thursday 29 July 2004, 7.30 pm
St George Basilica, Pražský hrad, Praha 1
The Jewels of the Kroměříž Archives
P. J. Vejvanovský, H. I. F. Biber, J. H. Schmelzer, A. Bertali
Currende – vocal ensemble (Belgium)
In Stil Moderno (Netherlands)
Erik Van Nevel – artistic director
Saturday 31 July 2004, 7.30 pm
St Simon and Juda Church, Dušní ul., Praha 1
Harmony of nations
J. D. Zelenka, G. F. Händel, G. Ph. Telemann, M. A. Charpentier, G. Muffat
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Lars Ulrik Mortensen – conductor
Friday 6 August 2004, 6 pm
Waldstein Palace, Knights Hall, Valdštejnské nám. 7, Praha 1
