Pastorale

Christmas music by Italian and Czech masters

Wednesday 29. 12. 2021 | 19.30 Sts. Simon and Jude Church
Dušní/U Milosrdných, Praha 1 - Staré Město

19.30–21.30

With intermission

Programme

Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
Christmas cantata Vaticini di Pace
(short version)

Angelo Ragazzi (ca 1680 – 1750)
Sonata G Pastorale

Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
Arias from the Christmas cantata
Si apra al riso

Šimon Brixi
Alma Redemptoris Mater

Václav Karel Holan Rovenský (1644–1718)
Christmas songs from the collection
Capella Regia Musicalis

Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (ca 1600 – 1676)
Christmas songs from the collection
Česká mariánská muzika

Annotation

The Christmas concert is traditionally devoted to the sacred repertoire. The concert will present the work of Antonio Caldara from his Roman period in 1711–1716, when, among other things, he composed the Christmas cantata Vaticini di Pace (Message of Peace) for his music-loving patron, Prince Francesco Maria Ruspoli. The remainder of the programme will comprise arias from the Christmas cantata by Alessandro Stradella and pastorales by Angelo Ragazzi, whose work once again opens up a new repertoire for Czech audiences. The concert will conclude with the delightful melodies of the Christmas songs of Václav Karel Holan Rovenský and Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic.

Artists

COLLEGIUM MARIANUM
Jana Semerádová – flauto traverso
Anna Špelinová – flauto traverso
Lenka Torgersen, Magdalena Malá, Tereza Horáková, Eleonora Machová – Baroque violin
Andreas Torgersen – Baroque viola
Matyáš Keller – Baroque cello
Michal Raitmajer – viola da gamba
Matyáš Berdych – violone
Jan Krejča – lute, theorbo
Filip Hrubý – harpsichord