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| Who | Collegium Marianum Jana Semerádová traverso, artistic director Pavla Radostová soprano (solo Zelenka & Mondonville) Helena Hozová soprano (solo Mondonville) Anna Moriová mezzo (solo Mondonville) Lucie Karafiátová alto Vojtěch Semerád tenor (sólo Zelenka, sólo Mondonville – haute-contre) Ondřej Holub tenor (solo Mondonville – taille) Tomáš Šelc bass (solo Mondonville – basse-taille) Martin Vacula bass (solo Mondonville) |
| Where | Garden Palace Liechtenstein, Vienna |
| Program | Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) Magnificat in C, ZWV 107 Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764) Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso Continuo in C major, Op. 7 no. 3 Jan Dismas Zelenka Lauda Jerusalem, ZWV 104 —break— Michel-Richard Delalande (1657–1726) La grande pièce royale, „Deuxième Fantaisie ou Caprice que le Roi demandait souvent“, S. 161 Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772) Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei Dress code: Creative Black Tie |
Since its foundation in 1997, the Prague ensemble has been dedicated to performing music from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a focus on Czech and Central European composers. As one of the few professional ensembles of its kind in the Czech Republic, its repertoire includes not only concert works, but also regular stage projects. The ensemble operates under the artistic direction of flutist Jana Semerádová, whose research activities, as well as her studies of Baroque gestures, declamation, and dance, have enabled the ensemble to expand its artistic profile from a purely musical focus to include Baroque dance and theatre. Other activities include projects with the puppet theatre ensemble Buchty a loutky (puppet theatre Calisto or Händel’s pastoral opera Acis and Galatea). The ensemble works closely with leading European conductors, soloists, directors and choreographers while enjoying recognition from foreign and Czech critics, regularly records for radio stations, and performs at international festivals and prestigious venues. In 2008, the ensemble began a successful collaboration with the Supraphon music publishing company, which has already released eight of its recordings as part of the “Music of 18th-Century Prague” series. In 2010, Collegium Marianum received an award for its contribution to the quality and dissemination of Czech music from the Czech section of the UNESCO International Music Council. Since 2001, Collegium Marianum has been organizing the Baroque Evenings concert series and is the resident ensemble of the international music festival Letní slavnosti staré hudby (Summer Festivities of Early Music).
Flutist, conductor, and musicologist Jana Semerádová is one of the most prominent figures on the international early music scene. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory, the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague (Theory and Performance Practice of Early Music) and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague. Also, she is a laureate of international competitions in Magdeburg and Munich. She leads the Collegium Marianum ensemble and organizes the Baroque Evenings concert series and the international music festival Letní slavnosti staré hudby (Summer Festivities of Early Music). She is intensively involved in research activities in Czech and foreign archives and in the study of Baroque gestures, declamation and dance. Her original programming is often based on the interconnection of musical and dramatic art. She has recorded two CDs for the Supraphon label (Solo for the King and Chaconne for the Princess), performs at major European venues and festivals, regularly gives concerts with international ensembles, and has collaborated as a soloist with i.e. Magdalena Kožená, Sergio Azzolini, Alfredo Bernardini or Enrico Onofrio. In 2015, she obtained her associate professorship in flute at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and since 2024 she has been teaching at Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego w Krakowie. In 2019, she received an award from the Society for Science and the Arts, and a year later, she was nominated alongside Erich Traxler for an Anděl Award for the CD Chaconne for the Princess. In December 2024, she was awarded the prestigious French Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) with the rank of Knight.
