Pavel Svoboda, Eliška Zajícová

The concert on July 26, 2020 is postponed due to government regulations on new date September 27, 2020. Tickets remain valid.

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On one of the festival Sunday mornings, the sound of organ and vocals will fill the Monastery Church. Organist Pavel Svoboda is the winner prestigious international competitions and as a soloist he has made appearances at music festivals both in the Czech Republic and abroad. He is the program advisor and artistic director of the F. L. Věk International Music Festival and the chairman of the PROVARHANY association, which focuses on the protection of historical organs. Mezzosoprano Eliška Zajícová won first prize at the B. Martinů Competition in Polička and second prize at the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition in Karlovy Vary. She made her opera debut at the world premiere of the opera A Woman Such as Myself by composer Daniel Lo from Hong Kong. She regularly cooperates with contemporary composers and presents their works. The program of this concert will include works by Vivaldi, Händel, Mozart and others.

Program:

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Chaconne in F

Antonio Vivaldi: Sposa son disprezzata

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Unter den Linden grüne SwWV 325

Georg Friedrich Händel: Lascia chio pianga (Rinaldo)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 731; Concerto in F, BWV 978/1

Georg Friedrich Händel: Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in C , KV 356; Andante in F major, KV 616

Luboš Sluka: Ave Maria

Johann Pachelbel: Partita Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

J. S. Bach / Charles Gounod: Ave Maria