STYLE

nistek Markéta Cukrová, která představí

neprávem opomíjené ženské autorky

ze slavného rodu Giulia Cacciniho. Její

proslulé komorní recitály v Dolním Benešově (25. 9. kostel sv. Martina) a Fulneku (26. 9. Svět Komenského Fulnek)

doprovodí prvotřídní hráči na barokní

nástroje Kateřina Ghannudi (na harfu)

a Jan Krejča (na teorbu).

FRANCIE: šarm a kreativita

Vícehlasé renesanční chansony a instrumentální skladby přiveze na SHF komorní ansámbl LA QUINTA PARS, který

vznikl při studiích jeho členů na prestižním Conservatoire National Supérieur

v Lyonu. Mladí instrumentalisté z Francie, Chile, Japonska a Česka se zaměřují na historickou a dynamickou restituci

renesanční hudby – neznámého a fascinujícího dědictví věhlasných hudebníků

Francie XVI. století. Jejich unikátní program zazní 20. 9. v Orlové (evangelický

kostel) a 22. 9. v Jablunkově (kostel Božího Těla).

Koncert v kostele je zážitek!

Více na www.shf.cz

The St. Wenceslas Music Festival:

Music in Style

Italian and French music. Two venerable superpowers. Two different musical spheres…

An introduction of this sort could lead to a captivating lecture on the history of music, filled with

samples of the most exquisite musical performances and their expression of heart-wrenching

emotion through poetics and remarkable musical mastery. The history of Renaissance, Baroque

and classical music tells the tale of two rivals: France, with its love-filled serenades and Italy,

ignited with passion. The dazzling magic of these compositions is brought to life in the modern

day thanks to ensembles focused on the authentic performance of early music—that is,

musicians who have mastered antique instruments and top-class singers who make skillful use of

techniques specific to the genre. Soon, it will be time for these virtuosos to present their craft

en masse, at the largest domestic festival focused on this time period: The St. Wenceslas Music

Festival (WMF, 2-28 September 2022).

ITALY: Passion and virtuosity

The resident ensemble Collegium

Marianum, along with Czechia’s best

baroque violinist, Lenka Torgersen, and

phenomenal flautist Jana Semerádová

will be the first to display the beauty

of Baroque Italy at the WMF. Their

performance, ‘Vivaldi / Händel / Tartini—

Clash of the Titans’, will take place at

the Church of St. John the Baptist in Hlučín

at the start of the festival (5 September).

This lineup will then accompany

the remarkable Italian soprano Roberta

Mameli at Ostrava’s oldest church, the

Church of St. Wenceslas. Currently,

Mameli is deemed to be among the

global elites with her baroque repertoire,

due to her ‘silky smooth and incredibly

agile voice, able to capture an infinitely

wide range of emotions’ (7 September).

She will bring a thrilling set of arias from

operas by Vivaldi, Caldara and Händel to

Ostrava, with which she has already awed

audiences in Vienna, Paris, Amsterdam,

Lyon and Barcelona.

Violin virtuoso Jiří Vodička, along

with the ensemble Barocco Sempre

Giovane, will then perform a series

of incredibly challenging concerts by

Locatelli, Tartini (Devil’s Trill) and Corelli

(9 September, Bolatice, Church of

St. Stanislaus; 10 September, Ostrava

Pustkovec, Church of Sts. Cyril and

Methodius). The charismatic violinist

enrolled at the University of Ostrava

at the young age of fourteen. Thanks

to his talent, not only has he become

one of the youngest concertmasters for

the Czech Philharmonic but one of the

most respected Czech soloists ever. His

skill with the violin is simply breathtaking.

Another noteworthy talent of the new

generation is the flautist Michaela

Koudelková (specializing in playing

the baroque recorder), who managed

to be among the six finalists, out of

a total of 2,000 participants from eightyeight countries around the world, in

the American Kaleidoscope competition.

She will reveal part of her championship

performance in the ‘Händel / Corelli—

Inspired by Rome’ show on 10 September

(in Rychvald at the Hus Choir) and

11 September at the newly reconstructed

Nová Horka chateau near Studénka (at the

Chapel of the Finding of the Holly Cross).

Finally, one of Czechia’s best mezzosopranos, Markéta Cukrová, will pay

homage to female baroque Italian

composers by performing the unjustly

neglected works of female composers

from the famous Giulia Caccini family.

Her chamber recitals in Dolní Benešov

(25 September at the Church of St. Martin)

and Fulnek (26 September at the World of

Komenský Fulnek) will be accompanied

by Kateřina Ghannudi (playing the harp)

and Jan Krejča (playing the theorbo).

FRANCE: Charm and creativity

The chamber ensemble LA QUINTA PARS,

founded while its members were students

at the prestigious Conservatoire National

Supérieur in Lyon, will bring polyphonic

Renaissance chansons and instrumental

compositions to the WMF. These young

instrumentalists, hailing from France, Chili,

Japan and Czechia, focus on the historical

and dynamic restitution of Renaissance

music — the fascinating undiscovered

heritage of famous French musicians

of the 16th century. Their one-of-a-kind

concert can be experienced in Orlová on

20 September (at the Evangelical Church)

and in Jablunkov on 22 September (at

the Church of the Corpus Christi).

Concerts in churches are truly a unique

experience! www.shf.cz.

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