The Legend of St. Ludmila
Saturday, 28. 10. 2023 at 15:00
Abbey Church
Geras Abbey
The project "The Legend of St. Ludmila" is a concert programme that will begin with the motet "Miserere mei, Deus" by the important late Baroque composer F. I. Tůma, followed by the oratorio brevis "The Legend of St. Ludmila" by the contemporary composer and singer Jiří M. Procházka.
The dramaturgy of the event emphasizes the principle of duality. It combines the old and the new, the ancient and the contemporary, the earthly and the divine. It looks into the moments of the beginnings of Czech statehood and connects the creative approach to domestic sacred music of the late Baroque period and the 21st century.
Künstler
- A student at the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) in Prague and a graduate of the master’s programme at the Mannes School of Music in New York, where she has had the opportunity to perform at venues such as the Bohemian National Hall and Carnegie Hall. She is the winner of many domestic competitions and the holder of several prestigious study grants, as well as the Gold Crystal Heart Award for the promotion of Czech culture in the USA. This season, she will be a guest at the Prague State Opera, the South Bohemian Theatre, and the J.K. Tyl Theatre.
- For almost sixteen years, she sang in Kantiléna, the children’s and youth choir of the Brno Philharmonic. She is a permanent member and soloist of The Czech Ensemble Baroque under the direction of Roman Válek, and regularly collaborates with the Collegium 1704 ensemble under the direction of Václav Luks, with whom she regularly performs at concerts at home and abroad. She is a member of the vocal trio Drei Engel and also appears on stage with other project ensembles, such as Collegium Marianum, Musica Figuralis, and others. In addition to singing, she is professionally involved in music management and production (Vojtěch Dyk & B-Side Band, the international music festival Groove Brno, the Metro Music Bar in Brno, and many other projects).
- He received his BcA degree from the Universität für Musik u.d.K. in Vienna, where he is now continuing his master’s studies. He is a laureate of a number of Czech and international competitions. Since 2017, he has been a regular guest at the Olomouc Baroque Festival, where he has performed a number of roles. He made his professional theatre debut in 2021 at the Silesian Theatre in Opava. In November, he will perform the role of Tamino (Mozart: The Magic Flute) at the South Bohemian Theatre in Budějovice. In 2020, he recorded the Christmas CD "Exaltatio" with Dagmar Pecková.
- Singer, composer, and initiator of cultural events. He was educated at the Brno Conservatory, the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, and the Academy of Performing Arts (HAMU) in Prague. In addition to his own compositions (e.g., The Clock, Mea Culpa, The Lost One, The Legend of the Golem, and many others), he is dedicated to classical singing, especially the historically informed interpretation of early music. He is a guest at several opera houses and has performed in concert with a number of domestic and foreign musical ensembles. He has a number of his own projects to his name (e.g., Black Earth, Home is Far, Far, Far Away, Duality, (D)obrovský Skácel, etc.).
- A graduate of the Pardubice Conservatory and the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) in Prague, she also studied on a scholarship at the Musikhochschule in Hamburg. A laureate of international organ competitions, she gives concerts throughout Europe and is invited to prestigious domestic music festivals - Prague Spring, Smetana’s Litomyšl, Lípa Musica, Janáček’s Ostrava. She is currently the head of keyboard instruments at the Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), where she also performs as a soloist. In October 2018, she toured Belgium as a soloist in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Flemish Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Choir, and conductor Jan Latham-König. As a soloist in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, she has performed several times with the Czech Philharmonic at the Vienna Musikverein, as well as in Hamburg, London, Edinburgh, Santander, etc. As part of the Czech Philharmonic’s US tours in 2014 and 2018, she had the opportunity to perform at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
Entritt
Voluntary admission
Programme
(1653–1704)
(1704–1774)
(*1988)
Fotogallerie
Ort
Geras Abbey was founded in 1153 as a daughter monastery of Seelau by Ekbert and Ulrich of Pernegg and was settled by the Seelauer Chorherren. The monastery has a rich history, which includes its destruction during the war between King Ottokar II Přemysl and Rudolf of Habsburg in 1278, its sacking by the Hussites in 1419-1436, and its occupation by the Hungarians in 1486. In the 18th century, the monastery underwent a series of reconstructions and extensions under the direction of Abbot Nikolaus Zandt, who brought in important artists such as Joseph Munggenast and Paul Troger. Architecturally, the monastery is known for its Marble Hall with a magnificent fresco by Paul Troger, a library with frescoes by Josef Winterhalder, and a number of other works of art. The Stiftskirche, the main church of the monastery, is a Romanesque basilica that was later Gothicised and in the 18th century Baroqueised.
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