Melante – The Unknown Telemann

Added | 17.8.2017

Music for two lutes from the library of the Cistercian abbey in Krzeszów, Poland. Instrumental compositions by Georg Philipp Telemann, Franz Xaver Richter, Gottfried Finger and other composers. Performed by: Joachim Held – lute, Jan Čižmář – lutearrow

From the Imperial Music Treasury

Added | 18.7.2017

Musical gems of the 17th century from the Imperial Court in Vienna. Compositions by Emperor Leopold I, Emperor Joseph I, H. I. F. Biber, J. H. Schmelzer, A. Bertali, G. Finger and J. M. Kühnel. Performed by: Petr Wagner – viola da gamba |  Cristián Gutiérrez – guitar | Jan Čižmář – lute, theorbo, artistic leaderarrow

Le Roi danse

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Ballet and music from the courts of the “Sun King” Louis XIV and the Emperor Leopold I. Music by J.-B. Lully, A. Campra, J. Morel, M. Marais, A. Vivaldi, and Emperor Leopold I Choreography by L.-G. Pécour, R. A. Feuillet, and J. Balon Performed by: Marta Kratochvílová – traverso | Magda Uhlířová – viola da gamba | Jan Čižmář – theorbo, guitar, artistic leader Lenka Horalováarrow

Pastimes with Baroque Music

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Charity concerts with music, singing, dancing, poetry, and other forms of selected court art in authentic design. Friday, 28. 7. 2017 – Le Roi danse Friday, 4. 8. 2017 – Le Jardin des Plaisirs Monday, 21. 8. 2017 – From the Imperial Music Treasury Performed by the early music ensemble Plaisirs de Musique, Jan Čižmář – artistic leader Thearrow

J. A. Hasse: Arminio (chamber version of the baroque opera)

Added | 14.6.2017

Love and war, life and death, honor and betrayal – these are the fateful dilemmas faced by the Germanic hero Arminio, the prince of the Cherubs, and his adversary – and formerly his friend – Roman general Publius Quintilius Varo. Their story, full of twists and dramatic entanglements, is unstoppable toward the fateful conclusion ofarrow

Baroque cantatas and arias – Ad honorem Beatae virginae

Added | 23.5.2017

Cantatas, arias and instrumental compositions by Georg Frideric Haendel, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti and Henry Purcell. Performed by: Laila Cathleen Neumann– soprano Plaisirs de Musique, artistic leader Jan Čižmář Programme: G. F. Haendel: Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (selection) F. B. Conti: Lidia già mi vedesti H. Purcell: Sonata of three parts G. F. Haendel: Salvearrow

Musical archaeology 5: Garden of Musical Pleasures

Added | 15.5.2017

Interconnection of music, flora, archaeology and architecture. Songs about plants will accompany the inauguration of a monograph about the agricultural production in Mikulčice of the 9th century. The guest of the evening will be Laila Cathleen Neumann, sopranist from the country of tulips, who will present the songs inspired by the flowers by composers of the English,arrow

The Midsummer Baroque Festivity

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Musical and dance performance at the J. K. Tyl Theater in Třeboň and baroque scenery with period fireworks in the chateau park. Part of the program will be the shortened stage performance of the opera Arminio by J. A. Hasse and the Baroque dances of the European royal courts. Performed by: Early music ensemble Plaisirsarrow