CARMEN A FLAMENCO
Composed project of opera singer Edita Adlerová and flamenco dancer Jana Drdácká with live accompaniment of Spanish guitars.

HARPSICHORD DUO
Harpsichord players Edita Keglerová a Monika Knoblochová

DANCE MEETING WITH MADAME POMPADOURE
Musical and dance meeting, which will lead you to the atmosphere of „gallant century“.

MUSIC AT THE PRAGUE CATHEDRAL
Fulgida coeli stella
Arias and duets from Opera of second half of 18th century, extant till our days in „Sehling collection“ of the Archive of Prague Castle in form of arias with Latin text and chamber instrumentation adequate for the special use on the choir of St. Vitus´ Cathedral in Prague.

THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER
Musical-poetic soirée.

Johannes Brahms: MUSIC RELATIONSHIP
Brahms Trio Prague

BAROCCO SEMPRE GIOVANE
Chamber ensemble devoting its work mainly to the music of masters of European baroque, classicism and also music of contemporary authors.

POLYPHONY AND MEDITATION
Classical music, jazz and songs composed by the members of the quartet.

BENDA´S CONCERTS FOR HARPSICHORD
Edita Keglerová prepares a release of unique CD with the world premiere recording of 2 concerts for harpsichord and orchestra by J.A.Benda!

It involves concerts in C major and D major, which have already been recorded in 1970s by the Ars Rediviva ensemble, and concerts in G major and F major, which have never been recorded yet. None of the concerts have been published in modern edition, only the concerts C and D during the Benda’s life in 18th century. EK was searching for materials in libraires in Berlin, Brussels, Ghota and also in the library of Prague Conservatory and Museum of Music in Prague.

Program: J.A.Benda
Fugue for strings
Concert in F major and D major (or C major and G major) for harpsichord and orchestra
Sinfonie

Co-starring: soubor Hipocondria ensemble , playing period instruments.

CARMEN A FLAMENCO
Edita Adlerová - opera singer
Jana Drdácká - flamenco dancer

Composed project of opera singer Edita Adlerová and flamenco dancer Jana Drdácká with live accompaniment of Spanish guitars.

The principle of the project is the connection of themes from the opera „Carmen“ by G.Bizet with characteristic southern Spanish dance flamenco. The arias from the opera are preserved in the original version, sang by traditionally trained voice. The accompaniment for singing is arranged for Spanish guitar, flute and violoncello, which connects the idea of the topic with the character of the setting. Intermezzos from the opera are also arranged and used. The entrées of Carmen are completed by Spanish songs and interchanged with flamenco dance and play on castanets, percussion or the accompaniment of flamenco singer. Flamenco styles “palos“ are chosen to complete the mood of the arias – passionate duo Soleá por Bulerías, sorrowful Petenera, folklore Sevillanas, majestic Alegrías and high-spirited Bulerías. The costumes, both traditional and modern, highlight the emotions of each scene.

HARPSICHORD DUO
Edita Keglerová - harpsichord
Monika Knoblochová - harpsichord

The impulse for the collaboration of excellent harpsichordists was a fascination by non-traditional sound and colour possibilities, which arise from the consonance of two harpsichords. The connection of these keyboard instruments offers the hearer a unique combination of colours and registers, which by their wide range reach fully orchestral sound.

Both harpsichordist have performed a great number of concerts here and abroad, both solo and chamber performances. Within their artistic collaboration in chamber duo they use not only pieces composed directly for this cast, i.e. mostly baroque authors, but also a great number of interesting and original transcriptions, from trio sonatas to orchestral works. This uniquely colourful world creates place for new and interesting interpretative views, which bring extraordinary musical experience to the hearers.

Two full-evening programmes:
Programme from pieces by the authors of peak baroque:
J.S.Bach,F.Couperin,C.Ph.E.Bach,A.Soler
Programme focused on the year of Czech music anniversary, devoted to Czech authors only:
J.K.Vaňhal,L.Koželuh,J.A.Benda,L.Hurník,B.Martinů

DANCE MEETING WITH MADAME POMPADOURE
Edita Keglerová - harpsichord
Julie Braná - flutes
Doc. Helena Kazárová, Ph.Dr. - choreography and reconstructions of dances
Hartig ensemble - Blanka Ferjentsik-Wernerová, Helena Kazárová, Václav Krajc

Harpsichordist Edita Keglerová and flautist Julie Braná present altogether with „Hartig“ ensemble and Helena Kazárová´s choreography a musical and dance meeting, which will lead you to the atmosphere of „gallant century“.

The propgramme consists of dances from various operas and ballets by J.B. Lully, Andre Campra and Pascall Colasse and of dances from commedia dell´arte (after the famous book of engravings by G. Lambranzi, published in Nuernberg in 1716), which are reconstructed after the original graphical records of Feullet notation and performed in period costumes.
Dance ensemble Hartig works as the only one in Czech and Slovak Republics with this authentic material, which reflects unique connection of music and dance in the great era of Louis XIV. And other European courts, for which the music and dance culture of France was an ideal one. The ensemble enables the audience to visit the romantic athmosphere of the „gallant century“ and brings them pleasure of joy, temperament and virtuosity of the interprets.

MUSIC AT THE PRAGUE CATHEDRAL
Ivana Bilej Brouková - soprano
Markéta Cukrová - mezzosoprano
Hipocondria ensemble - Jan Hádek – I Violin, Jana Chytilová – II Violin, Michal Dušek – Viola, Ondřej Michal – Violoncello, Michal Novák – double bass, Filip Dvořák – organ positive

Fulgida coeli stella
Arias and duets from Opera of second half of 18th century, extant till our days in „Sehling collection“ of the Archive of Prague Castle in form of arias with Latin text and chamber instrumentation adequate for the special use on the choir of St. Vitus´ Cathedral in Prague.

The repertory of a church music in 18th century was structured not only by church music composed for liturgy exigency but even by compositions originally written for Opera houses where they had a completely different social function. In musicological terminology is this phenomenon is called Contrafactum – famous opera arias were underlaid with sacred Latin texts to enable their use in the liturgy. collection of St. Vitus´ Cathedral in Prague placed in the Archive of Prague Castle features a precious documentary of music played in the second half of 18th century in Prague.

Our project draws on music collection called “Sehling collection” which obtains over 200 opera arias form 34 operas written by leading European composers of late Baroque era, such as A.Lotti, C.H.Graun, J.A.Hasse, G.B.Pergolesi, Ch.W.Gluck, B.Marcello.

Thanks to this collection it is easier today to identify the repertory of Prague Opera of first half of 18the century. Opera “v Kotcích” (nowadays Estate Theatre) where Mozart introduced his two new Operas as Don Giovanni and Clemenza di Tito, used to be “teatro impressionale” (rented by various opera companies) so without it´s own archive.

The “Sehling collection” was found in 1923 in a choir loft of St Vitus´Cathedral, elaborated and catalogued till recently. A selection of the Contrafacts in modern premiere was released in 2007 by Arta Records.

THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER
Edita Keglerová - harpsichord
Ivana Bilej Brouková - soprano
Tomáš Pavelka - artistic recitation

Musical-poetic soirée. Harpsichrod, soprano and artistic recitation.
The reading from the romantic novel in poems (in lines) „The Sorrows of Young Werther“ from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with music of the early classicism. Music: W.A.Mozart, J.A.Benda, J.A. Štěpán, K.F. Zelter .

Goethe´s romantic (amorous) epistolar novel „The Sorrows of Young Werther“ (1774) is becoming the manifesto of literal stream „Sturm und Drang“, which founds the paralel in another artistic genres as well and is the foreshadowing of oncoming period of romanticism.
In this soirée can auditors compare the dramaticism and depth of the selected parts of Goethe´s novel with it´s musical illustration. Even wider mood colourness of the story comes with the choice of songs and harpsichord company. These songs are the poems of J. W. Goethe and his contemporaries, musicalizied by upper mentioned composers.

Johannes Brahms: MUSIC RELATIONSHIP
Brahms Trio Prague: The company of instrumental structure (violin, horn, piano), which is extraordinary and very attractive for auditors. Founded in 2005, his repertoire basement are the pieces, specially composed for that kind of instrumental composition. This basement increases almost neverendless with performing of transcriptions by similar trios (Herzoenberg, Reinecke etc.) and compositions for each instrument with piano, eventually solo.
Brahms Trio Prague inspires contemporary composers to creating of the original compositions. The first „sparrow“ of this effort will be „Variations“ by Jaroslav Pelikan.

Program:
H. von Herzogenberg: Trio D Major
J.Brahms: Trio Es Major op. 40

BAROCCO SEMPRE GIOVANE
Chamber ensemble Barocco sempre giovane was founded in 2004 in Pardubice by violoncellist Josef Krečmer and its formed by excellent young artists, who devote their work mainly to the music of masters of European baroque, classicism and also music of contemporary authors.

This already prestigious chamber ensemble has performed many significant concerts, they record CDs, perform in television and regularly cooperate with the Czech Radio.

Program:
Italiani Concerti Grossi : Locatelli, Manfredini, Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi - Le Quatro Staggioni (solo violin)
European baroque : Händel, Paradies, Manfredini, Vivaldi, Bach (BGS + Edita Keglerová + Julie Braná)
Cathedral concert: Bach, Černohorský, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Mozart (BSG+Edita Adlerová)

POLYPHONY AND MEDITATION
Clarinet Factory

Classical music, jazz and songs composed by the members of the quartet, side by side with authors of such names as J. S. Bach or B. M Cernohorsky. This project supports CD called Polyphony, published two years ago, on which only later renaissance and baroque compositions are recoded. At the same time it adverts to the new style, that Clarinet Factory brings to the Czech classical music.