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Saturday en neglect such instruments due to their location outsidetheculturalen neglectsuchinstruments centres. duetotheirlocation Ho- er seeingtheinstrument inKvílice,youcanhave lunchinAntošBrewery inSlaný. and ´ th s Church Church inPeruc a graphic madebyHanaČápová, artist. Tuchoměřice May atamfrom “U Váhy”, thebusstopin th May. You tripwith cantakepartina one-day eOrgan ResoundingFestival preceded by“Trai- willbe e lunch will be paidbytheparticipantsindividually. elunchwillbe Dueto where you will have a chance toseesomeinteresting where youwillhave a chance erwards hewillpresent eachinstrument du- Pavel Černý and www.varhany.slansko.cz Sings soprano singer -speaking CatholicChurch inPrague-speaking andattheChurch oftheHoliestSaviour atthePrague Klementinum. oftheCityPrague ofMusicinPrague. andattheJanNerudaMusic School Sheistheorganist SecondarySchool for theFrenc Slavicky,by K. Wiedermann,C.Franck B.A. andCh.M.Widor. Sheteachesorgan attheČeské Budějovice Conservatory, atthe Musica BohemicaandHarmonieRudolfi Plánický |Wolfgang AmadeusMozart|JiříAntonínBendaJanKřtitelKuchař Bohuslav MatějČernohorský |JanDismasZelenkaKarel BlažejKopřiva |JosefAntonín ' sourcemost important forRais‘novel the to theirmore valuableandbeautiful music. Metelka´sdiarieshavebecome fortunatecolleagues,whilecomposing played whoseworkwillbe withlimitedresources,composers atthisconcert.Musicianswhotoilandstruggle up look livingconditionsanda failurevery poor toappreciate art.VěnceslavMetelka´sdiariesreally thelife welldescribe of stateofinstruments, absenceofpractice,of longingsandcomplainsonpoor inadequatepreparation andfi nally the Czech VěnceslavMetelka( – ).Metelka´sdiariescalled“ violinschool, from thediariesofCzech cantor, scribe, sumption inSlaný.Itisa quote musicianandviolinmaker, founderofthe „ “THE ORGAN SHOULD BEA LOFTY INSTRUMENT … in theformerPiaristCollegeSlanýat.pm Slaný, Monday The concertNo.1 THE ORGAN RESOUNDING Prague. Votiva for ZigZag. french label In2007sheparticipatedinstagingofC. Monteverdi´s Orfeo opera attheNational Festspiele, Festival deSabléandFestival deLaChaise-Dieu.Withthisensembleshealsomadea recording ofJ. D. Zelenka´sM in project ofJ. “Bach-Prague of compositions D. 2005”andin2007performance ZelenkaatthePrague SpringFestival, Dresdner eChapelofVirgin Mary´sAssumption econcerttakesplaceon+ eorgan byI.Schmidtfromplayed willbe by eorgan a lo shouldbe is year she has taken part in the new performance ofVivaldi´s isyearshehastakenpart inthenewperformance reconstituted Argippo opera (Hofmusici,O. Macek). Associate ProfessorAssociate Jaroslav Tuma (). inorgan attheAcademyofPerforming ArtsinPrague underthetutelageof and sheearneda degree performed withmanyorchestrasperformed Orchestra, (includingtheSukChamber the Talich Orchestra, Chamber was a fi D‘Onofrio” inCarunchio (Italy),PrixJosephBossard inBellelay (Switzerland).Inshe a prizewinner suchConcorso atseveral Organistico internationalcompetitions Internazionale“Francesco mi, J. C.Zehnder, M.Sander, L.Lohmann,E.Kooiman, M.Bouvard, O. Latry. EvaBublováhasbeen ková (–).Shehasparticipatedinmanymasterclassesledbysuchrenowned artistsasL.Ghiel- at theAcademyofPerforming ArtsinPrague, thistimeintheharpsichord classofGiedre Lukšaite-Mráz- deMusiqueinLyon,FranceNational Supérieur returning, shefurthered (– ).Upon herstudies EVA BUBLOVÁ BARBORA SOJKOVÁ Doulce Memoire etc. She is member ofensemble CollegiumVocaleDoulce Memoire etc.Sheismember 1704,withwhichsheparticipated Ensemble, Regia,EnsembleInégal,Hipocondria 1704, CollegiumMarianum,, Capella (2004–2007), withwhichshemade aCDcalledWenceslas II.etc.Sheworkswith ensemblesCollegium in intepretation ofmedievalmusic,fi early music(masterclasseswithM.vanAltena,P. Kooij, J. Sheisalsointerested HasslerandH.Crook). studies singingprivately(I.Kusnjer, J. Jonášová,E.Toperczerová). Sheisengagedinintepretation of Now sheisa student ofMusicologyatthe Faculty ofPhilosophytheCharlesUniversity inPrague. She she studiedChoir-conductingandchurch musicattheFaculty ofEducationtheCharlesUniversity. in Prague, recordings ofCDsandconcerttours round worldstages.A joined more attheNational performances then 300concerts,manyopera ofthePrague Philharmonicchildren´s choir. Withthisensemble she well –from 1995asa member th Barbora SojkováBarbora y instrument … May nalist attheRoyalBankCalgaryInternational Organ Festival Asa soloist andCompetition. shehas th comes from a musical family. comesfrom a musical AtthePrague Conservatoryshestudiedorgan andpiano, num). In  she released a CD oforgannum). Inshereleased a CD musictitledLesFresques withcompositions birthday anniversary oftheLoketorgan makerJ. G.I.Schmidt. eRemotePatriots, includingthetitle. “ was chosen as a motto oftheconcertinChapelVirgin“ waschosenasa motto Mary´sAs- has been following music since her childhood, she plays a piano andsingas sheplays following a piano musicsinceherchildhood, hasbeen (Prague, CZ) rst ofallgregorian chant.SheworkedwithSchola Benedicta erea Eva Bublová ershestudiedwithJeanBoyerattheConservatoire (Prague, CZ) ” eLife ofRemotePatriot” are full er completing grammar school, er completinggrammar school, eatre andtheStateOpera eatre in issa h- www.varhany.slansko.cz of organ makingandthe organ music.Hehasalsolectured onorgans attheUniversity ofMusicand Healsoledmasterclassesandseminars andhepublishednumerous“Jugend musiziert”competition. contributionstothehistory CDs are recordings ofpartlyunpublished worksandhave recorded been for thefi region, andhis uniquepresentation of historicalorgans oftheBalticregion onthe onthree CDs.Manyofthecompositions oftheorganscomprehensive documentation ofMecklenburg andPommern withpictures ofmore thaninstruments ofthe ofCDrecordings;Rost hasmadea lot hehasalsorecorded for theradio andtelevision.Oneofhismostnoticeabledeeds ishi musicensembles,choirs andorchestras,chamber Martin inmanyEuropeancountriesaswelltheUSA. hehasperformed He isoneofthefounders oftheBalticOrgan Centre Stralsund. Asanorgan andcembalosoloistortogetherwith othersoloists forRost isresponsible restorations with more of numerousinstruments. than organ Hehashelped important restorations. knownas“Stralsunder Orgeltage”.he wasitsartisticleaderatthesametime.Since ithasbeen Asanorgan Marti expert, Friedrich ChristianMohrheim|JohannLorentz Franz Tunder |Lüneburger Tabulatur |HeinrichScheidemannChristianFlor Georg |JohannDeckerChristianFlor Böhm|CajusSchmiedtleinAndreas Neunhaber that. Despitethesetechnicaldiffi interpretedbe toReiss‘instrument inSlaný. andItaly. Germany are diff gle -from theRenaissancetoRococo. coincidence thattheRost´sconcertwilltakeusthrough andmusicina stylishwidean- theNorthGermancomposers this church, there historicorgan isthemostimportant builtinGermanybyFriedrich Stellwagenem. andorganist atthechurch MarienkircheMartin Rostisa cantor zuStrahlsund inStralsund, NorthGermany. In TREASURES OFTHENORTH GERMAN ORGAN MUSIC FROM THERENAISSANCE TO THEROCOCO St Gothard´s Church atpm Slaný, Wednesday THE ORGAN RESOUNDING The concertNo.2 e organ by A. Reissfromplayed eorgan  willbe by byA. erent from thoseofoldCzech instruments thatare aff erefore theappropriate whichcan mixofNorthGerman composers, itwasnoteasytochoose th culties, the concert of Martin Rost will be veryvariablewithinterestingculties, theconcertofMartinRostwillbe sound. May e design and technical possibilities oftheorgan edesignandtechnicalpossibilities intheProtestant northof at is why the choice of songs may seem a little odd, but it has to be like atiswhythechoiceofsongsmay butithastobe seema littleodd, he initializedthe“Friedrich-Stellwagen-Orgeltage Stralsund” festival and instruments inthecountry(itwasmadebyFriedrich Stellwagen).In historical of StMary)zuStralsund whichownsoneofthemostimportant a conductortin Rosthasbeen andorganist attheMarienkirche (theChurch brought the“Wilhelm-Sauer-Orgelfesttage” backintolife. Since Mar- the “CarlPhilippEmanuelBach”concerthallinFrankfurt/Oder where he gustusburg zuWeißenfels. – MartinRostworkedasanorganist at totheCastleofNeu-Au- belonging Chapel the music-historicallyimportant organist attheLeipzigerGewandhaus.Hetakescare oftheconcertseriesin and Prof thesecond GünterKootz. During hisstudies,MartinRostbecame pzig withteachers suchasProf Wolfgang Schetelich,Prof HannesKästner studied atthe“Felix MendelssohnBartholdy”University ofMusicinLei- MARTIN ROST Martin Rost was born inHalle/Saale  .From wasborn till he ected bythe practices oftheCatholicSouthern rst time.MartinRostwasa jury atthe member (Stralsund, D) eatre Rostock. us,itisno n s , www.varhany.slansko.cz Jan KřtitelKuchař|Wolfgang AmadeusMozart|JanKřtitelVaňhal František Xaver Brixi|František Benda|Karel BlažejKopřiva |JosephHaydn ' ble soundexperience. alongwithenlightenedcontemporarytools, interpretation andmasteryofbothrenowned artistspromise a remarka- Ignaz Schmidtandclassicalclarinetare idealinstruments forinterpreting ofalltheseauthors. Historical compositions Benda, oranorganist, Karel teacherandcomposer BlažejKopřiva from Cítoliby. F. styleprepared Brixiwhosecompositional Prague X. forthearrivalofMozart, ancestorofCzech violinistFranz Church ofSt.SimonandJude. where Mozart played theorgan duringhisstay Haydn inPrague. played Also, anorgan inPrague, thistimeinthe played togetherwithDittersdorf ina string quartet.Mozart alsoknewverywellJ. Kuchař,theorganist K. atStrahov, heard inPeruc whosemusicwillbe Most ofthecomposers personally kneweachother. Mozart, Haydn andVaňhal only itwillnotbe formalmeetingatoneofthemostbeautifulwithin so-calledGallantstyle.And organ inBohemia. With organist Pavel ČernýandclarinettistLudmilaPeterková youcanseetogethertwomusicians,whoseworkfalls RENDEZVOUS OFGALLANT MASTERS INPERUC St Peter andPaul´s Church atpm Peruc, Saturday The concertNo.3 THE ORGAN RESOUNDING  shereleased herlatest recording, Playful verysuccessful. Clarinet,whichhasbeen by Rossini,MendelssohnandBruch receivedcompositions theprestigious recording Harmonieprizefor best oftheyear. In Day withthePrague Symphony Orchestra. atExpo Sinceshe hasrecorded exclusively for . HerCDwith the AichiArtsCenterinNagoya withtheNagoyaPhilharmonicOrchestra andtheKalivoda Variations attheCzechNational econcerttakesplaceon+ e classical clarinet will be played eclassicalclarinet willbe by eorgan byJ. I.Schmidtfromplayed willbe by LUDMILA PETERKOVÁ concert cyclesabroad;portant for three example,in inJapanwhere quarters shespent ofa year. Bank inPrague (withtheCzechPhilharmonic underconductorV. im- Ashkenazy).Shehasperformed prestigious events suchastheconcertfor thesessionofInternationalMonetaryFund andWorld acrosstown ofDomažlice.Shehasperformed EuropeandintheCzechRepublic hasparticipatedin Leister,(K. M.Arrignon).Since shehasorganised herownsummercourses intheWest Bohemian andvarious shortcoursesat theConservatoire takenbyrenowned NationalSupérieur clarinettists year course inParis Faculty ofMusictheAcademy ofPerforming ArtsinPrague. Sheattendeda Terra Shestudiedthis instrument atthePrague musica,ExpoHlednice). Conservatoire andHAMU, actress (youth program Periskop trop”, onCzechRadioPrague, Czechtelevisionserial“Hopnebo gue Spring .Currently Professor atthePrague presenter Conservatoire, and andoccasional historical instruments intheCzechRepublic. tion ofsomeorgan instruments, for hepublishes scholarlyarticlesandisresponsible thepromoting of festivals. Asanorganologist comitteesfor building,repairment heworksinspecialized anddocumenta- counselloronsomeinternational organs. seriesabout ný isthecreator Heworksasa musical ofa radio radio andTVbroadcasting. Someoftheserecordings have honoured byforeign been critics.Pavel Čer- signifi and Prague Spring( )gainedhimbiggerattention.Hewasawarded additionalprizesthrough some contests. Hiswinningofthefi in Prague andtheJanáčekAcademyofMusicalArtsinBrno.Heisalsoa member ofjuryatvariousorgan Brazil, AfricaorCuba.Heholdsclassesonorgan play andimprovisation attheAcademyofMusicalArts place atreknown concerthallswithinthecountryaswellinotherEuropeancountries,USA, Japan, e Japanese audiences had the opportunity to hearherplay eJapaneseaudienceshadtheopportunity Mozart’s ClarinetConcertoinTokyo and eorganist, educatorandorganologist cant cultural organisations. Pavel Černýrecords CDsinhishomelandaswellabroad,for both th May isexclusivecommunityof„theoldacquaintances“ certainly takeamongthemselves th birthday anniversary oftheLoketorgan makerJ. G.I.Schmidt. – Czech clarinettist, laureate of the international competition ofthePra- –Czechclarinettist,laureate oftheinternationalcompetition Ludmila Peterková rst prizeintheOpava organ contest( ),aswellinLjubljana( ) PAVEL ČERNÝ Pavel Černý (Prague, CZ) iso en invitedtoparticipateinconcertstaking (Prague, CZ) ePeruc organ byJohannGeorg www.varhany.slansko.cz stages. However, thepedalpiano,formerly intheformofpedalclavichord orharpsichord isknownsincethe  the romantic organ byE.Š.Petr, butalsothepedalpiano. oftheVirginthroughout theCzech Republic.IntheChurch MaryinZloniceyouwillhearnotonly oftheAssumption Concert oftheleadingSlovenianorganist DaliborMiklavčičeinZlonice isa unique eventnotonly inourfestival but playedwill be by ROMANTIC SOUNDSBETWEENORGAN ANDPEDAL PIANO in Zloniceat.pm Zlonice, Monday " The concertNo.4 THE ORGAN RESOUNDING exceptional meetingandromantic dialogueoftwoinstruments –organ andpedalpiano. ofan original interpretation a witness ontheinstrument forwhichtheywere InZloniceyoucanbecome composed. Brahms´ songsoriginally writtenforthisinstrument, nowadays usually played ontheorgan, thatyouwillhearinthe Schumann,JohannesBrahmsinstrument ofRobert Schumann´sand thesewillbe andmanyotherromantics. And piano. ry. forthesepedalinstruments Oneofthecomposers wasJ. S.BachandalsoW. Mozart usedtohavehisownpedal A. Johannes Brahms |' Miklavčič Schumann Johann SebastianBach|Dalibor |Robert racteristics ofsomeneworgans ofSlovenian organ buliders (for example,copiesofHildebrandt ,Cavaillé-Coll ). leading numerous internationalmasterclassesonthesesubjectsinSlovenia,Sweden,Poland, SlovakiaandGermany(Lübeck, researches Pedal-Pianoforte onandinterpretations ofboth Sincehehasbeen andthenorthGermanpedal-harpsichord. the Orchestra onoriginal instruments Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, ( , Händel&Haydn Organ concerts).Hedoes with onkeyboards with theacclaimedBritishbaroque-violinistSimonStandage,andasa soloist Miklavčič ina duet performs atnumerousber internationalorgan suchasBach-Wettstreit competitions, anderBachorgel inArnstadt,Germany. Dalibor Ostheim),Sweden,Slovakia,Austria,Italia,Slovenia,Latvia,andRomania.Miklavčič a jury mem- Germany (Lübeck, hasbeen various internationalmasterclassesoninterpretation andimprovisation throughout orprepares Europe lectures in occasional uringia&Osthessen).HewasthePresident oftheSlovenianOrgan from Society to.Miklavčič hasdesignedcha- eChurch ofVirgin Mary´sAssumption eorgan byEmanuelŠtěpánPetr frompiano andthepedal egreatest this instrument reached popularity inthetimeofRomanticism. Dalibor MiklavčičDalibor éodore éodore Dubois th May (Ljubljana,SI) at State Conservatoire in Ljubljana. Dalibor Miklavčičat StateConservatoire inLjubljana.Dalibor regularly teachesat sity since,thenatSt.StanislausCollege-Ljubljana,and teachingatMusicAcademy, to .Hehasbeen LjubljanaUniver- ssor for Organ andImprovisation atMusicUniversity inGraz, Austriafrom Miklavčič aswell. Hewasvisitingprofe-ny). Dalibor engagesinpedagogy acclaimed alsointheinternationalpress (e.g. Orgel International,Germa- Romania, Balticcountries,Belgium,Poland). HisCD-productionswere Austria, Italy, Slovenia,SerbiaandMontenegro, Croatia, Luxembourg, He hasgivenrecitals allovertheEurope(Germany, Slovakia,Denmark, young organ players (EMCY and ),hedrew public’sattention. Ghielmi.Having for wontwoEuropeancompetitions music withProf. L. Vienna withProf. Mitterhofer andcontinuedadvancedtraining inancient DALIBOR MIKLAVČIČ isinstrument youcannotpractically seeonourconcert ( ,Ljubljana)studiedorgan in composition e pedal piano was a favourite epedalpianowasa favourite th centu- www.varhany.slansko.cz Chapter oftheAmericanGuildOrganists. madeanhonorary InMarch citizenofthecity ofDallas,Texas. hehasbeen “Massimo Mila”oftheItalianmusiccritics.In hewasnamed InternationalPerformer oftheYear bytheNewYork City Tagliavini aprizewinnerofmanyawards hasbeen suchgoldenmedailoftheItalianMinistryPublicEducationandprize instrumentskeyboard (withMarie-Claire Alain);oneofhislastCD(Ermitage)isdevotedtoowncollectionharpsichords. ,aswellthecompleteseriesofAntonioSolér´sconcertifor twoorgans andBernardo Pasquini´s sonatasfor t Adriano Banchieri|CesarioGussagoGiovanni BattistaGrillo|Nicolas Lebegue Giovanni Gabreli |EmilioDe’Cavalieri |Fabrizio Caroso |Giovanni BattistaFerrini ments used. experience notonly ofthetwoworldrenowned because artistsandselectedprogram, oftheinstru- butalsobecause against eachother–oneontheEpistolarysideandGospelside. artists ontwoorgan placedaccording Bothinstruments totheoldItaliantradition willbe positives. inthesanctuary Two ofthemostrespected experts ontheoldItalianmusicprepared from theirconcertofmusicItaliancomposers Two organ –thefi positives ITALIAN MUSICFOR TWO ORGANS monastery inSlanýat.pm Slaný, Wednesday % The concertNo.5 THE ORGAN RESOUNDING presbytery will be playedpresbytery will be by according toItaliantradition copy–located onthele ment isitsmodern is its modern copy,is itsmodern madebyDutchorgan builderHansvanRossumfortheUniversität derKünsteinBerlin. eTrinity Church intheCarmeliten th and th century. efi isworkofanunknownCzechrst positive masteroftheearly e concert will rotate composition foroneandtwoorgans, econcertwillrotate composition played thatwillbe bytwoBologna´s music for twoorgans. alloverEurope,inthe USA, Heperforms andinJapan. musicbyGiovanni de Macque,GiulioSegni,Palestrina,also editedkeyboard JacquesBuus, and Giacomo Puccini.Heregularly plays withtheConcertoPalatino and Odhecaton.Tamminga has recordings dedicatedtoFiorenzo Maschera, “the historicorgans oftheCanary Islands”andto International Prize“AntonioVivaldi” oftheCiniFoundationin , ).In three to Andrea andGiovanniGabrieli,togetherwithL. F. Tagliavini delamusique” andthe (“Choc (Preis derDeutschenSchallplattenkritikand Diapasonstars); and arecording dedicated Fantasies ofFrescobaldi recording (best ofAmadeusandDiapasonstars); “MozartinItalia” “Diapason d’Or,” Preis derDeutschenSchallplattenkritik,Goldberg stars); thecomplete veral compactdiscs,amongthemthecompleteworkofMarc’Antonio Cavazzoni (awarded the instruments byLorenzo daPrato () andBaldassarre Malamini( ).Hehasrecorded se- Petronio inBolognatogetherwithLuigiFerdinando Tagliavini, where heplays themagnifi -century Italianrepertoires for organ. Heistheorganist ofthehistoricorgans attheBasilicaofSan ofstudieson musicological worksincludecriticaleditionsofMozartandagreat number avisitingprofessorpublished). Hehasbeen atmanyuniversities allovertheworld.Tagliavini´s made alarge collectionoffi Fribourgin Switzerland.Sincethenhehasdividedhistimebetween andBologna,where hehas in director oftheInstituteMusicologyatUniversityBologna, hebecame ofFribourg of Padua. A dist andmusicologist,studiedattheConservatoires ofBolognaandParis andattheUniversity LIUWE TAMMINGA and  LUIGI FERDINANDOTAGLIAVINI formed throughout theworld.Hisrecordings includetwocompleteeditionsofFrescobaldi´s those atSanPetronio (and )inBologna.Asanorganist andharpsichordist, hehasper- tion ofhistoricalorgans, therestorations oldorgans, hesupervised ofimportant amongothers ItalyandSwitzerlandfor theprotec-no (Bologna,since ).Servingoncommissionsinboth old musicalinstruments. Together L‘Orga- withOscarMischiatiheiseditoroftheperiodical th May rst positive isworkoftheearly rst positive Luigi Ferdinando th century keyboard music, performance practice, music,performance century keyboard history, techniqueandrestoration of er having professor been oforgan attheconservatoriesofBolzano,Parma and is considered one of the major specialists ofsixteenthand seventeenth- isconsidered oneofthemajorspecialists ne ancient keyboard instrumentsne ancientkeyboard (thecatalogueofthecollectionis

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is international organ festival presents the remarkable organs in Slaný, Peruc and Zlonice. e festival is organized by the town of Slaný in cooperation with the international Free Organ World – Prague Organ Festival.