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Hi all,
This is quite a light-hearted and somewhat rambling introduction to our composer, by head of 'Classics Today', David Hurwitz

https://youtu.be/y7hQjffXHaw

Enjoy the silliness if you...

Hello everyone,

A little while back now Dr. Jiří Kroupa collated various papers from the Prague Zelenka Conferences 2017-2019: http://www.acecs.cz/cu_2019_08.php

Here is the list of articles:
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That was a sublime, top-class performance. Each showed a different facet to the jewel of 18thC sacred music. These three composers were absolute masters of that field, the music clearly shows.
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And they will be performing the same set in Prague, 20 October:

https://bachtrack.com/concert-event/magnificat-collegium-1704-rudolfinum-dvorak-hall-20-october-2020/340721

Ensemble Inégal are performing Zelenka's 1718 Litanie di Virgine Maria (ZWV 149) and Missa Sancti Spiritus (ZWV4) in Kostel U Salvátora, Prague. Details here:
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Collegium 1704 will be performing Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV21 alongside Bach's Magnificat BWV243 in Dresden's famed Annenkirche. Here are the details:
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I don't have any critical comments, but it looks like great work Elwro. A nice potential piece to perform, perhaps at the start of a 'Vespers' programme? Is that the context in which it is found, or...

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7. Pavel JURÁK: 'Nicola Porpora v Inventáriu Jana Dismase Zelenky' Eng. trans: 'Nicola Porpora in Jan Dismas Zelenka's Inventarium

From zelenkafestival.cz:
The discovery that Jan Dismas...

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5. Andrew FRAMPTON:'Hidden in plain sight: Parody and Reworking in the Sacred Vocal Music of Jan Dismas Zelenka'

From zelenkafestival.cz:
A hitherto neglected area in the study of Zelenka’s...

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3. David R. M. IRVING:'French and Italian Bowholds in the Early Eighteenth Century: Implications for Musical Change within the Dresden Hofkapelle'

From zelenkafestival.cz:
From the 1670s to...

Dear all,

Below is my summary of the papers which were presented at the Zelenka Conference in Prague, dedicated to the memory of Wolfgang Horn, held on Friday 18 October at the Musicological...

Here's a short review posted by Ralph Graves in Charlottesville Classical

https://charlottesvilleclassical.org/2020/05/17/missa-1724-bold-interpretation-of-jan-dismas-zelenka/

This Welsh concert held in Brecon Cathedral from 25th October 2019 completely missed my notice, which is a shame because it looks like it was a great success, producing a number of positive reviews:...

What a discovery!

This issue of Musicology Australia as linked by Msl below looks very interesting. The foreword is a fitting tribute to Prof. Jan Stockigt.

So, now we just need some ensemble...

Hi Odie,

I would definitely be up for such a meeting :cool:. It would be good to chat about Zelenka &c.

Let us all hope that this virus crisis situation will ease off by October for the next...

That was something special, indeed. Some poignant & solemn Zelenka for weird times. Great reaction/reception from the people commenting, seems that it has struck a chord.
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Snazzy! Liking the baroque views.

Hopefully this can resurrect things a bit,

Seb

Thanks Andrew! Good to see Zelenka on the programme.

I will in fact be in London... but, unfortunately not free to come along! :(

Seb

Great stuff, I for one am supporting it on indiegogo. :cool:

The YouTube recording is promising, but also quite shocking, as the tempo on the Christe Eleison ostinato is *fast*! I trust Collegium...

That's too kind! :o

They really milked all they could out of these canons, and made it feel quite climactic as a whole. Wonderful.

Brilliant news, thanks!

Seb

Dear all,

I've just come across this concert advertisement for the Svatováclavský hudební festival:

https://shf.cz/program/collegium-1704/

and this from the Collegium website:...

Looking forward to coming again, looks like a great line-up!

Seb:cool:

A good review of the CD has just arrived here: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/zelenka-missa-omnium-sanctorum