Early Music Festival 2010

Summer Festivities of Early Music

11th International Music Festival

The Rise of Virtuosity

Prague, July 22 – August 8, 2010

Boemo furioso

RecentlyDiscovered Virtuoso Works of F. Jiránek in Vivaldi style
(F. Jiránek – Concertos and Sinfonias, A. Vivaldi – La notte)
Sergio Azzolini – baroque bassoon (Italy)
Dmitrij Sinkovskij – concertmaster (Russia)
Collegium Marianum – baroque orchestra (Czech Republic)
Jana Semerádová – artistic leader, flauto traverso (Czech Republic)
Thursday, July 22nd 2010____________7.30 pm
Rudolfinum, Dvořák Hall, Náměstí Jana Palacha, Prague 1

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Clavis ad cor meum

Sonatas by J. Benda and C. Ph. E. Bach
Miklós Spányi – clavichord (Hungary)
Saturday July 24th, 2010____________8 pm
Břevnov Monastery, Teresian Hall, Markétská 1, Prague 6

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Fantasías y Glosas
Virtuosity in Spanish Music of the 16th and 17th Centuries
(A. Cabezón, D. Ortiz, J. Arcadelt)
Accademia del Piacere (Spain)
Fahmi Alqhai – viola da gamba, artistic director (Spain)
Rami Alqhai – viola da gamba
Enrique Solinís – vihuela & baroque guitar
Alberto Martínez Molina – harpsichord
Monday, July 26th, 2010____________8 pm
Troja Chateau, U Trojského zámku 1, Prague 7

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Violino Virtuoso

The Heyday of Violin Art in 17th-Century Bohemia
(H.  I.  F. Biber, J. H.  Schmelzer, G. Muffat)
Harmonie Universelle (Germany)
Florian Deuter – violin / artistic director
Mónica Waisman – violin
Dane Roberts – violone
James Johnstone – harpsichord /organ
Wednesday July 28th, 2010____________7.30 pm
Refectory of Dominican Monastery, Jilská street, Prague 1

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The Art of Diminutions

Ornamented Madrigals of D. Ortiz, O. Lasso and L. Rossi
Bruce Dickey – cornetto
La Violetta (The Netherlands)
Paulina Victorina van Laarhoven – viola da gamba, artistic director
Thursday July 29th, 2010____________7.30 pm
Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, Anežská 12, Prague 1

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La FamosaCantatrice

Homage to Italian Divas of the 17th Century
(B. Strozzi, F. Caccini, L. Luzzaschi)
Maria Skiba – soprano (Poland)
Gerd Amelung – harpsichord
Monday August 2nd, 2010____________7.30 pm
Martinic palace, Hradčanské náměstí 67/8, Prague 1

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The King´s Solo

Flute Concert in Sanssouci, the Palace of Frederick the Great
(J. J. Quantz, C. P. E. Bach, F. Benda)
Jana Semerádová – flauto traverso
Barbara Maria Willi – harpsichord
Wednesday, August 4th 2010____________8.00 pm
Břevnov Monastery, Teresian Hall, Markétská 1, Prague 6

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Il Canto d´Orfeo
Tenderness and Love in Arias by L. Rossi, D. Castello and B. Ferrari
Il Trionfo del Tempo (Belgium)
Jan van Elsacker – tenor
Thursday August 5th, 2010____________6.30 pm
Summer Pavilion Hvězda, Prague 6 – Liboc

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Voyage en Europe

Baroque Ballet Performance in Four Acts
France of the Sun King
Drama in England
German Nostalgia
Carnival in Venice
La Compagnie L´Eventail – dance company (France)
Marie-Geneviève Massé – choreography
Olivier Bériot – costumes
Marie-Geneviève Massé and Jean-Marie Abplanalp – set design
Carlos Perez – ligting design
Collegium 1704 – baroque ensemble (Czech Republic)
Václav Luks – artistic director
Sunday, August 8th, 2010____________8.00 pm
Hybernia Theatre, Nám. Republiky, Prague 1

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