PROGRAMME
Palazzo in festa
An Uncommon Festival Opening in Roman Spirit
Concerts, workshop, caffè, gelato
Sunday 14. 7. 2013, starting from 3.00 pm
Clam-Gallas Palace, Husova 20, Prague 1
Tickets: 250 Kč
(includes concerts and workshop)
Children under 15 admission free.
This year’s programming shows Rome as a lively music centre, the place of origin or
metamorphosis of many musical styles and genres, including the oratorio (as the sacred version of
Baroque opera), secular cantata and instrumental solo sonata, as well as the majestic orchestral
concerto grosso. The atmosphere of the summer Prague and the beautiful architecture of all the
concert venues will contribute to both the relaxed southern spirit and the festive character of the
three festival weeks.
The two aspects shall commingle in the Additional Event of the festival on 14 July when the
Baroque Clam-Gallas Palace in the Old Town of Prague will resound with fanfares, Roman
Baroque songs, dances, and sonatas. Those interested will have a chance to participate in a music
workshop, to sing along and learn about some of the less known period instruments. Besides music,
there will also be Italian caffè and gelato – all in all it is going to be a true summer Palazzo in festa!
Theatrum sacrum
Roman Oratorio and its Triumphs across the Alps
CANTUS CÖLLN (Germany) – vocal and instrumental ensemble
Konrad Junghänel – artistic director
Thursday 18. 7. 2013, 7.30 pm
Prague Castle, Spanish Hall, Prague 1
Tickets: 800, 550, 350 CZK
Reduction: until 30 June 2013 1st-category seating at 680 CZK
Roman Oratorio and its Triumphs across the Alps
Marco Marazzoli, Giacomo Carissimi, Johann Caspar Kerll
CANTUS CÖLLN (Germany) – vocal and instrumental ensemble
Magdalene Harer, Mechthild Bach, Julia Kirchner – soprano
Alexander Schneider – alto
Hans Jörg Mammel – tenor
Markus Flaig – bass
Albert Brüggen – cello
Matthias Müller – theorbo
Carsten Lohff – organ
Konrad Junghänel – artistic director
On that night in mid-July the Spanish Hall shall shine in glory – not only in the eyes of musiclovers, but upon the whole of Prague. The source of that glow will indeed be exceptionally strong:
the splendour of the baroque oratorios by the Roman masters Marco Marazzoli and Giacomo
Carissimi, and their Munich follower Johann Caspar Kerll. The performance by the renowned
German ensemble of vocal soloists Cantus Coelln will open the 14th Summer Festivities of Early
Music, erecting a triumphal arch through which Rome and its musical heritage will keep flowing to
Prague in the course of the following three weeks… In cooperation with Prague Castle
Administration.
Cappella Sistina
Great Renaissance Polyphony at the Sistine Chapel
CAPPELLA MARIANA (Czech Republic) – vocal ensemble
Vojtěch Semerád – artistic director
Tuesday 23. 7. 2013, 8.00 pm
Former Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia, Anežská 12, Prague 1
Tickets: 550, 350 CZK
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gregorio Allegri,
Cristóbal de Morales, Felice Anerio
CAPPELLA MARIANA (Czech Republic) – vocal ensemble
Hana Blažíková, Tereza Wollnerová, Barbora Sojková – soprano
Marta Fadljevičová – mezzo-soprano
Daniela Čermáková – alto
Vojtěch Semerád, Tomáš Lajtkep – tenor
Tomáš Král – baritone
Jaromír Nosek – bass
Vojtěch Semerád – artistic director
In the old times, the Sistine Chapel did not emit just smoke that the whole world would watch in
expectation: the Vatican air was then permeated by celestial music. On July the 24th, the St.
Saviour Church of St. Agnes Cloister in Prague will experience a magic transformation into
Cappella Sistina, brought about by the vocal ensemble Cappella Mariana conducted by Vojtěch
Semerád. Through their sung contemplation they will revive some of the renaissance masters who
dedicated their compositional mastery and their own voices to the Sistine: Felice Anerio, Jean
Mouton, and Cristóbal de Morales who drew inspiration from the then just originating murals by
Michelangelo.
We shall also hear Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli, to which relates the myth of
prohibition of polyphonic music in the church by the Council of Trent (1545-1563). Even though, in
fact, polyphony was never abandoned and Palestrina did not have to “save” polyphonic music in the
Roman Catholic Church, the pure style of his Missa contributes to the lasting appeal of the genre.
The next piece on the program, the famous (and by the Vatican jealously protected) Miserere mei,
Deus by Gregorio Allegri, so fascinated young Mozart that he memorized it on one hearing and
secretly wrote it down later, risking excommunication. No doubt St. Agnes herself will take a break
caring for the ill and the poor in order to draw new strength from the timeless music from the
eternal city… In collaboration with the National Gallery in Prague.
Spinato intorno al cor
Fascinating Trecento Music
CURRENTES (Norway) – vocal and instrumental ensemble
Jostein Gundersen – artistic director
Thursday 25. 7. 2013, 8.00 pm
New Town Hall, The Big Hall, Karlovo nám. 1/23, Prague 2
Tickets: 450 CZK
Antonio Zacara da Teramo
CURRENTES (Norway) – vocal and instrumental ensemble
Kristin Mulders – mezzo-soprano
Kjetil Almenning – tenor
Hans Lub – medieval fiddle
David Catalunya – clavisimbalum
Jostein Gundersen – recorders, artistic director
On July the 25th, the New-Town Hall will resound with music that was composed around the time
of its establishment. The illustrious Norwegian flutist Jostein Gundersen with the Currentes
ensemble and two vocal soloists – Kristina Mulders and Kjetil Almenning – will fill its ancient
walls with renaissance ballatas, chansons and madrigals. The riveting and sophisticated music will
be by the Italian trecento singer and composer Antonio Zacaro da Teramo (ca 1365–1416), a
contemporary of Charles IV. In cooperation with MČ Praha 2 and New Town Hall.
El tambor del mundo
Siesta by the Milliarium Aurem
Carlos Mena – countertenor
EUSKALBAROQUENSEMBLE (Spain)
Enrike Solinís – artistic director
Monday 29. 7. 2013, 8.00 pm
Troja Chateau, U Trojského zámku 1, Prague 7
Tickets: 800, 600 CZK
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Girolamo Frescobaldi,
Stefano Landi, Gaspar Sanz
Carlos Mena – countertenor
EUSKALBARROKENSEMBLE (Spain)
Josetxu Obregon – baroque cello
David Mayoral – percussions
Enrike Solinís – lute, artistic director
A baroque garden, like the one at the Troja Chateau in Prague, is a miniature world in its own: it has
its centre and labyrinth. The fabulous Spanish performers – the countertenor Carlos Mena and the
theorbo player Enrike Solinís with his ensemble – will make Troja in Prague the navel of the old
world (el tambor del mundo), albeit for one summer night. With the help of music by the masters of
Early Baroque, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Domenico Mazzocchi or Giovanni Felices Sances,
they will bring over the famous Golden Milestone (Milliarium Aureum) that used to stand in Forum
Romanum, announcing that all roads indeed lead to Rome – including the music ones… In
cooperation with Prague Municipal Gallery.
Roma Lusitana – Lisbona Romana
Roman Sonata Style in Portugal
LUDOVICE ENSEMBLE (Portugal)
Fernando Miguel Jalôto – artistic director
Wednesday 31. 7. 2013, 8.00 pm
Břevnov Monastery, Markétská 1, Prague 6
Vstupenky: 550, 350 Kč
Římská sonáta po portugalsku
Pedro Lopes Nogueira, José António Carlos de Seixas,
Pietro Paolo Capellini, Domenico Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli
LUDOVICE ENSEMBLE (Portugalsko)
Luca Giardini – housle
Diana Vinagre – violoncello
Josep Maria Martí – kytara
Fernando Miguel Jalôto – cembalo, varhany, umělecký vedoucí
Všechny cesty vedou do Říma. Ale i z Říma! Vizme například, an svatý Vojtěch pílí z římského
Aventina zpět do Čech, by založil dějiště dnešního koncertu. Nebo Domenica Scarlattiho, jak míří z
Říma do Lisabonu, kde má dojít k osudovému setkání s mladým talentovaným hudebníkem José
Antóniem Carlosem de Seixas, jeho oddaným žákem. A 31. července se tito dva za doprovodu
bravurního portugalského Ludovice ensemble setkají znovu, přičemž je obklopí další Italové a
Portugalci – Pietro Paolo Capellini, Carlo Ambrogio Lonati či Pedro Lopes Nogueira. Ve Vojtěšce
se bude mísit portské s římským frascatim…
Arcangelo della Musica
Innovations in Instrumental Music around Arcangelo Corelli
CECILIA CON AMICI (Netherlands)
Cecilia Bernardini – violin, artistic director
Friday 2. 8. 2013, 7.30 pm
Prague Castle, Rudolf Gallery, Prague 1
Tickets: 650, 450, 300 CZK
Innovations in Instrumental Music around Arcangelo Corelli
Domenico Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli, Georg Friedrich Händel,
Giovanni Bononcini, François Couperin
CECILIA CON AMICI (Holland)
Sayuri Yamagata – violin
Lucia Swarts – cello
Siebe Henstra – harpsichord
Cecilia Bernardini – violin, artistic director
On August the 2nd in the Rudolph Gallery of the Prague Castle, the ranks of the Archangels will
grow with the assistance of St. Cecilia, the patroness of musicians. Symbolically, this will occur on
the holiday of Our Lady Queen of Angels. Ss. Michael, Rafael, and Gabriel will be joined by
Arcangelo Corelli, whose important anniversary is celebrated this year. Apart from Corelli’s
masterpieces, the quartet of players from the world-renowned Netherlands Bach Society will
introduce music by his peers who were no lesser masters of the trio sonata style: Lelio Colista,
Georg Friedrich Haendel, and Giovanni Battista Bononcini… Another intercessor will be, of
course, Francois Couperin who called for such an occasion as tonight’s celebration of Corelli’s
legacy in his famous L´Apothéose de Corelli. In cooperation with Prague Castle Administration.
Roman Festival
Grand Concert at the Cardinal’s Palace
Claire Lefilliâtre – soprano
ARTE DEI SUONATORI (Polsko)
Aureliusz Goliński – violin, artistic director
& COLLEGIUM MARIANUM (Česká republika)
Lenka Torgersen – concert master
Jana Semerádová – artistic director
Tuesday 6. 8. 2013, 7.30 pm
Prague Castle, Spanish Hall, Prague 1
Tickets: 1400, 900, 600, 400 CZK
A. Corelli, G. F. Händel – concerti grossi
A. Scarlatti, A. Vivaldi, G. F. Händel – arias