Word of the dramaturge for the 32nd edition
27. 5. 2024 In 2025, the movable feast of Easter does not fall until mid-April, the final phase of the Easter cycle. They are therefore, unlike 2024, quite distant from the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March). According to tradition, that is when the words “Become” (fiat) were first heard – in this case from […]
Tickets on sale
Exactly in one month, we will start the festival with the concert Grant that my heart may burn. In the renewed premiere, Musil’s forgotten Stabat Mater will be performed by a quartet of soloists and leading Brno mixed choirs. Tickets are already on sale.
Transformations
The 30th anniversary of the festival in 2023 provides an opportunity to step out and seek new horizons. Beyond the unfathomable riches of liturgical and sacred music of past centuries and today, the festival takes its crucial inspiration from the Easter holidays and their message of death and resurrection. The blending of splendid musical and […]
Grand closing concert
Baroque celebration with Bach, Vivaldi, the Czech Ensemble Baroque ensemble, soloists and the excellent countertenor Andreas Scholl. Standing ovations. This was yesterday’s final concert of the festival. Thank you to everyone who spent this year with us. Photo by Petr Francán
Praise
Jan Šprta and Johannes Zeinler transferred us to Baroque Protestant Germany yesterday. We thank both of them for the concert due to their quick response and willingness. They replaced Višeslav Jaklin at the organ, who could not come due to illness. The replacement was beautiful! Photo by Petr Francán
Change of cast of Friday’s organ concert Praise
Dear listeners, due to illness, we have to change the cast of Friday’s concert Praise. Organist Višeslav Jaklin cannot come to play. Instead, the concert will be performed by two two excellent organists, Jan Šprta and Johannes Zeinler and the program remains almost unchanged. You know Jan Šprta from our festival, when five years ago he captivated […]
Adoration
At its world premiere, a composition by Pavel Zemek Novák, Adoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, performed by Martin Opršál and his college. The premiere without applause, as the author wished, so as not to disturb the atmosphere of the song and its message. Foto Petr Francán
Tenebrae III
Ensemble Versus, under the artistic direction of the festival’s dramaturge Vladimír Maňas, closed the complete cycle of Gesuald’s Responsories yesterday. Thank you to everyone who stayed quietly with us for three evenings. Photo by Jakub Joch
Tenebrae II
Yesterday’s tenebrae by Societas incognitorum were unique again. And we are pleased that Minister of Culture Martin Baxa also visited them. Foto Vojtěch Kába
Tenebrae I
Yesterday’s tenebrae performed by the Czech Ensemble Baroque. The first cycle of the Responsories of Carl Gesualdo da Venosa was performed, the texts of which create an imaginary journey from Christ’s prayer on the Mount of Olives through death on the cross to the laying of his body in the tomb. The evening was closed […]
