Program and tickets

Zahajovací koncert

Malou noční hudbou bude odstartován jubilejní X. ročníku festivalu Olomoucké barokní slavnosti. Dílo, které patří mezi nejznámější serenády, slaví 235 roků od svého vzniku, zazní v podání polského souboru Arte dei Suonatori. Katarzyna Drogosz představí známý klavírní koncert d moll téhož skladatele.

Duchovní koncert

Katedrálou svatého Václava se v podání souboru Musica figuralis rozezní tóny zádušní mše c moll, olomouckého kapelníka Josepha Puschmanna, jejímž posláním je modlitba za spásu duše.

Chamber Concert

Thirty variations on the theme which Johann Sebastian Bach composed and performed in his Notebook for Anna Magdalena, his second wife, will be performed by Jaroslav Tůma, one of the most renowned organ and harpsichord players in the Czech Republic.

Spiritual Concert

Vesperae Sollemnes, or Solemn Vespers, composed by the rather unknown Italian composer Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, who died suddenly at the age of 34, will be performed by the Societas Incognitorum.

Jubilee concert

Jubilee Concert, the highlight of this year’s 10th anniversary, brings together three men who share their friendship and love of music. Composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Pavel Vranický and the Archbishop of Olomouc Rudolph Johann Joseph Rainier. The concert will be conducted by Jose van Immerseel.

Talented artists – chamber

Sweet and bitter are the melodies of a recorder. Johana Chlupáčová, accompanied by harpsichordist Maxmilián Pilmaier, will present several works for this wind instrument, from around world and various eras.

Talented artists – spiritual

Three versions of one oratorio by Georg Friedrich Handel cover the period of exactly 50 years! It is the second version from 1737, Triumph of Time and Truth, that will be performed by the pupils and lecturers of the Summer School of Baroque Music, under the direction of Roman Válek and Tereza Válková.

Opera

The Tinker is back in Olomouc after 64 years! On the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the death of composer František Škroup, the first Czech opera premiered in 1826 will be performed. Matúš Šimko will play the role of the tinker.

Chamber Concert

Jana Semerádová in collaboration with Musica Figuralis will present the world premiere of two flute concertos by Olomouc bandleader Anton Neumann.

Chamber Concert

Works composed by Karel Kohaut, Jan Ladislav Dusík and Johan Nepomuk Hummel will come to life under the piano hammers, performed by Musica Florea and pianist Petra Matějová.

Talented artists – chamber

The organ at the Church of Our Lady of the Snows will be played by talented organists under the direction of Jaroslav Tůma.