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50 MUSICA AETERNA ANNIVERSARY

Monday 12. 06. 2023 at 7:00 pm

Column Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic

Palackého 2, Bratislava

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Performers:

Musica aeterna [profile of ensemble] (SK)
Peter Zajíček – artistic leader
Martina Bernášková – first flute
Martina Mestická – second flute
Aleš Ambrosi (CZ) – first oboe
Christine Blasl (A) – second oboe
Katherine Mandl (A) – bassoon
László Borsódy (HU) – trumpet
Marián Zajáček – timpani
Peter Zajíček, Michal Klas, Adam Szendrei – first violin
Gabriel Szathmáry, Jana Gubková, Peter Zelenka – second violin
Ján Gréner, Bálint Kovács – viola
Michaela Čibová, Kristína Koneval – cello
Ján Prievozník – violone
Peter Guľas – harpsichord

The Musica aeterna ensemble was established in 1973 on the instigation of Ján Albrecht (1919 -1996), a renowned musician and expert in old music, as well as in arts, philosophy and literature. Studies of compositions of the mentioned periods eventually led to a formation of a specialised ensemble dedicated to old music who finally switched in 1989 to music performed on original historical 17th and 18th century instruments and/or their copies. European music and music of Central-European origins of the baroque and neo-classic periods form the core of the repertory of the ensemble who was a part of the Slovak Philharmonic since 1986.

MUSICA AETERNA has a very rich record of performances both home and abroad. The ensemble regularly appears abroad; what has gained a prominent place among its activities is a long-lasting cooperation with the Baroque music centre in Versailles, appearances in leading music festivals, such as the Festival van Vlaanderen, Holland Festival of Early Music Utrecht, Wiener Klassik, Carinthischer Sommer Villach, Régizeneinapok Sopron, International Old Music Festival in Prague, Bach Tage Berlin, BarockfestMünster, Swedish Baroque Festival Malmö, Bratislava Music Festival etc. Since 1996, they have been regularly touring the USA. Collaborators of the MUSICA AETERNA include topmost old-music specialists: Alfredo Bernardini, Christophe Coin, Paul Colléaux, Richard Fuller, Martin Gester, Paul Goodwin, AdwardHigginbottom, John Holloway, Jan Kleinbussink, Catherine Mackintosh, Charles Medlam, Siegfried Pank, Andrew Parrott, Christophe Rousset, Olivier Schneebeli, Simon Standage, Stephen Stubbs, Melvyn Tan, John Toll and many others. Apart from its concert activities, the ensemble is also committed to recording. More than 40 of its CD’s have been rewarded by several prestigious prizes, e.g. the Diapason d´Or in 1994, as well as the complete recording of Georg Muffat‘s Concerti grossi in 1995. In 1998, the ensemble received the Slovak Music Critics‘ award.

www.musicaaeterna.sk
Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir (CZ)
Tereza Válková– choirmaster

Works:

Johann Sigismund Kusser

(1660 – 1727)
- Composition de la musique suivant la méthode françoise, contenant six ouvertures de théâtre accompagnées de plusieurs airs (1682)
  - Suite No. 1 a minor
    Ouverture
    
    Premier Air Rondeau
    
    Second Air
    
    Troisième Air á 2 dessus
    
    Quatrième Air Ballet
    
    Cinquième Air
    
    Sixième Air Bourée
    
    Septième Air Gigue á l´Angloise
    
    Huitième Air Menuet
    
    Neuvième Air Menuet
Jean-Baptiste Lully

(1632 – 1687)
- Amadis
  - tragédie en musique sur un livret de Philippe Quinault (18 janvier 1684, Académie Royale de Musique)
    Acte V, scène 5: Chaconne / Grand Chœur „Chantons tous en ce jour“
Marc-Antoine Charpentier

(1643 – 1704)
- Te Deum, H 146

Musica aeterna

Days of Early Music

02. 06. 2023 – 16. 06. 2023

50 MUSICA AETERNA ANNIVERSARY