May 13
Prague Organ Day
May 15
Church of SS Simon and Jude
8.00 pm
La Fontegara Amsterdam
music director: Peter Holstlag
program:
S.Eccles - A Division to a ground
L.Vermell - Mariam, matrem, virginem
A.Brumel - Tandernaken
V.Ruffo - La Disperata
E.Lapicida - Tandernaken
E.Bevin - Browning
Different composers of the 18th centruty and LFA - La Folia
LFA - Estampita
Anonym - O Venus Bant
A.Agricola - O Venus Bant
Anonym - O Venus Bant
J.Desprez - O Venus Bant
J.Baldwine - Browning
Anonym of the 16th century - La Gamba
Willwm Wander van Neiukerk - Bye bye Blues
May 16
Church of SS Simon and Jude
5.00 pm
Tribute to Henry Purcell I.
In association with The British Council
"If Music be the Food of Love" (Songs of Henry Purcell and his contemporaries)
soprano: Catherine Bott
viola da gamba: Mark Levy
harpsichord: Richard Egarr
program:
Henry Purcell, Tobias Hume, John Eccles, Matthew Locke, Pelha, Humfrey, John Blow and others
May 16
Spanish Hall, Prague Castle
8.00 pm
Organized by The Prague Spring Festival, The French Culture Institute and the Prague Castle Office
Les Arts Florissants
music director - William Christie
program:
Marc-Antoine Charpentier:
La Descente de Orphee aux Enfers, H 488
Les Plaisirs de Versailles, H 480
May 17
Church of SS Simon and Jude
8.00 pm
In association with The British Council
Hilliard Ensemble
program:
Czech vocal early music, Specialnik kralovehradecky
May 19
Church of SS Simon and Jude
8.00 pm
soprano: Irena Troupova
organ: Matthias Wilke
program:
17th centry Italian and German songs
Claudio Monteverdi - Confitebor tibi Domine primo (1650)
Dario Castello - Sonata
Hieronimus Kapsberger - Aria passegiata, Toccata
Johann Rosenmuller - Nisi Dominus
Michelangelo Rossi - Toccata fur Orgel
Giovanni A.Rigatti - Laudate pueri
Heinrich Schutz - Singet dem Herren ein neues Lied, SWV 342
Johann Rosenmuller - Sinfonia
Christoph Bernhard - Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu Dir
Johann Vierdanck - Sonata
Heinrich Schutz - Herr, unser Herscher, wie herrlich ist dein Nam, SWV 343
May 20
Spanish Hall, Prague Castle
8.00
In association with The British Council
The Parley of Instruments
program:
"Music for the Sun King"
Francois Couperin - La Piedmontoise
M.de Sainte Colombe - Tombeau Les Regrets
Marin Marais - La Sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve du Mont
Jean-Baptist Lully - Trios our le coucher du Roi
Marin Marais - La Badinage - Le Labyrinthe - La Reveuse
Francois Couperin - La Sultane - Sonate en quatuor
May 21
Spanish Hall, Prague Castle
8.00 pm
Tribute to Jan Dismas Zelenka I.
Musica Florea
music director: Marek Stryncl
program:
Jan Dismas Zelenka - Missa Sanctissimi Trinitatis
May 25
Churvh of SS Simon and Jude
8.00 pm
In association with the Osterreichisches Kulturinstitut
Concilium Musicum Wien
music director - Paur Angerer
program:
Austriam church music
Gregor Joseph Werner - Sonatas in B flat major, A major, G mino, D major for 2 violins, organ and contrabass
Paul Esterhazy - Songs from "Harmonia caelestis" for soprano, strings, organ and contrabass
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonatas in B flat major, KV 224, E flat major, KV 67, F major, KV 224, C major, KV336
Antonio Caldara - Salve Pater Salvatoris - motets for soprano, 2 violins and basso continuo
Joseph Haydn - Concerto in F major for organ, 2 violins and basso continuo, Hob. XVIII:7
May 27
Wallenstein Garden
11.00 am
Ensemble Philidor
music director: Eric Baude-Delhommais
program:
Music from the garden of French Kings
A.D.Philidor, J.B. de Lully, J.B.Morin
1st part - Les Conquetes - Le depart en campagne, Echos de la guerre, Le Triomphe
2nd part - Les divertissements - Les Mascarades, La Chasse, Les festins
May 31
Spanish Hall, Prague Castle
8.00 pm
Tribute to Jan Dismas Zelenka II.
I Solisti Instrumentali
program:
Jan Dismas Zelenka:
Sonata in F major, ZWV 181 No.1
Sonata in F major, ZWV 181 No.5
Johann Sebastian Bach - Sonata for harpsichord and viola da gamba in D major, BWV 1028
Jan Dismas Zelenka - Sonata in C minor, ZWV 181 No.6