Vivat Vivaldi and Mozart
Saturday, 16. 10. 2021 at 17:00
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Rancířov (Czechia)
Künstler
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Barocco sempre giovane (Baroque forever young) is a chamber ensemble composed of top young Czech professional musicians. It was founded in 2004. Originally, it specialized in the interpretation of works of the High Baroque (hence the name of the ensemble), but today its repertoire includes works from all stylistic periods, including music of the 21st century. It has also premiered a number of works by contemporary composers.
The ensemble is invited to major domestic and foreign music festivals, its concerts have been broadcast by television and radio stations, it records on CD, and it organizes its own subscription series of concerts.
Barocco sempre giovane collaborates with leading Czech and foreign artists. It pays special attention to collaboration with young artists, laureates of major international competitions, especially the winners of the Prague Spring competition, the Fritz Kreisler competition in Vienna, the Queen Elisabeth competition in Brussels, and the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow.
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Organist Pavel Svoboda is a laureate of the Prague Spring and Bach-Wettbewerb Leipzig competitions.
He began to devote himself to music at the Primary Art School in Dobruška, and studied organ at the Conservatory in Pardubice. He graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under Doc. Jaroslav Tůma and the Universität der Künste in Berlin under the Dutch organist Leo van Doeselaar.
He is the holder of the 1st prize and the title of Laureate from the International Interpretation Competition in Brno, the second prize from the Petr Eben International Organ Competition, and the third prize from the international competition in Germany, held as part of the 36th Internationale Orgelwoche Korschenbroich. In 2013, he became a laureate of the Prague Spring competition, and in 2016 he won 2nd prize and the title of Bachpreisträger at the prestigious international competition in Leipzig. He has performed on many stages at home and in many countries around the world, including the USA, Colombia, China, and others. He has recorded a CD of the masterpieces of Johann Sebastian Bach on the famous Silbermann organ in Rötha, near Leipzig.
In 2011, he initiated the F. L. Věk Festival in the foothills of the Orlické Mountains. He also founded the PROVARHANY association, which focuses on the protection of historic organs. He has taught organ at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hradec Králové. In 2019, he won the competition for the director of the Pardubice Chamber Philharmonic and also works at the Faculty of Music and Dance of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Entritt
Voluntary admission
Programme
(1678–1741)
(1685–1750)
(1653–1706)
(1756–1791)
Fotogallerie
Ort
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Rancířov, founded in 1257 by the Ranožír family, has evolved from a Gothic fortified chapel to a late Baroque building. After a fire in the 18th century, it was rebuilt in the Rococo style under the direction of the monk August Kienmayer. The church, with its typical late-Baroque architecture, is situated on the Rancířovský stream. Its entrance is adorned with statues and a cross, while the tower, modified after the fire, bears traces of its original defensive function. The interior features a marble column altar, frescoes, and Baroque statues. The Baroque organ in the church, built by Ignác Florián Casparides around 1765, is located in the choir loft, which is decorated with gilded pilasters and cherubs.
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