MAREK PAĽA The Mountains Rumbled a cycle of Slovak folk songs, premiere BENJAMIN BRITTEN Missa in D PETR EBEN Catonis Moralia (selection from the cycle) FRANTIŠEK FIALA Mischievous Songs (selection from the cycle) LADISLAV NĚMEC Nursery Rhymes ANTONÍN TUČAPSKÝ, CTIRAD KOHOUTEK, PAVEL JURKOVIČ, OTMAR MÁCHA Magdalenka, Kantilénka and Kantiléna choirmasters Veronika Novosádová and Michal Jančík
With a spiritual concert in the Brno Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul, the GAUDEAMUS Brno Choir will commemorate two important musical anniversaries this year: the 180th anniversary of the birth of the French composer Gabriel Fauré and the ninetieth anniversary of the contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The soloists will be excellent young singers - soprano Tereza Zimková and baritone Tadeáš Hoza, both members of Collegia Vocale 1704 and guests of opera stages and concert stages both at home and abroad. The choir director, the chief organist of the Brno Cathedral and the top organ virtuoso Petr Kolař will co-perform on the organ.
The Old and New concert will feature compositions by contemporary Brno composers, written for the Musica Poetica ensemble and Ensemble Frizzante. At the same time, compositions by Renaissance and Baroque composers will also be performed. Program: M. Štědroň, M. Jakubíček, O. Kyas, M. Flašar, G. Ph. Telemann and others. Performing Musica Poetica Ensemble: Jana Janků - mezzo-soprano, Lucie Lukášová - baroque flute, Martin Flašar - baroque violin, Kateřina Stávková - viola da gamba, Kamila Dubská - harpsichord Ensemble Frizzante: Eva Daňhelová - soprano Veronika Slavíčková - mezzo-soprano Petr Pytlík - tenor Jakub Herzan - tenor Martin Kotulan - bass
A unique joint project of two respected ensembles offers a way to work with the polyphonic repertoire of the 15th and 16th centuries. Cappella Pratensis represents a purely vocal treatment of the Renaissance church repertoire and interpretation from the original notation, while Ramillete de Tonos adds instruments such as the vihuela de mano, Renaissance harp and Renaissance flutes. Thanks to this approach, beautiful compositions emerged from behind the walls of churches and cathedrals, and the music of the leading composers of the time became accessible to a wider audience. Program: LOYSET COMPE`RE / JEAN MOUTON / GRADUALE DE TEMPORE (MORAVIAN STATE LIBRARY IN BRNO)
The Ave Rosa in Jericho program consists of Baroque works intended for the Advent season performed on copies of period musical instruments. The authors of these compositions include Jan Josef Božan, Václav Karel Holan Rovenský, Adam Václav Michna z Otradovice, Albericus Mazák, Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, John Bull, Giovanni Gabrieli, Biaggio Marini, Enrico Radesca di Foggia, Mateo Flecha, Maurizio Cazzati and Dario Castello.
The Castello in Aria ensemble is dedicated to Renaissance and Baroque music, and from the rich sources of this period it also selects lesser-known pieces of both European and, for example, Latin American origin. An integral part is the adaptation and addition of often austere notations for the current composition of the ensemble, there is also room for improvisation. The ensemble has been playing in its current line-up since approximately 2014. Markéta Bébarová: soprano Vladimír Richter: tenor Amálie Bébarová: recorders Radovan Vašina: cink Jan Mareček: baroque violin Kateřina Stávková: viola da gamba Pavel Novotný: sackbut Karel Fleischlinger: baroque guitar, theorbo Vít Bébar: organ positive, harpsichord
EVENING WITH CLASSICAL SONGS: MARKÉTA CUKROVÁ AND BARBARA MARIA WILLI Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek: Songs on texts by J. W. Goethe (selection) Leopold Koželuh: Sonata in F major, op. 20, no. 1 for fortepiano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Songs KV 295, KV 523, KV 520 Joseph Haydn: Ariadne auf Naxos, cantata Hob. XXVIb:2 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D minor KV 387 for fortepiano Joseph Haydn: Canzonetta Hob. XXVIa:25–36 (selection) Markéta Cukrová – mezzo-soprano Barbara Maria Willi – fortepiano
