Jan Novák: Sulpicia (Amores Sulpiciae) for four female voices based on texts of Albia Tibulla

Tereza Surovíková: Maturation of Love (Zrání lásky) set of three compositions for a five-part female choir a cappella on the biblical text of the same name - Song of Songs No. 2

Karel Bendl: In the Nature Realm (V přírodě) twelve duet songs on the words of Vítězslav Hálek

Lucie Sedláková Hůlová - violin, Martin Sedlák - cello

Jaroslav Tůma, organ

Štěpán Filípek: cello
Sára Medková: piano

Hasse, Leo, Lotti, Pergolesi, Vinci, Vivaldi

Ivana Bilej Brouková: soprano, Markéta Cukrová: mezzo-soprano
Hipocondria Ensemble directed by Jan Hádek

The choir of St Vitus’s Cathedral was also regularly performed Italian music. That was not unusual, after all, since Italy set the tone practically throughout the eighteenth century. Italian music, or at least compositions in the Italian style, form part of almost all the Bohemian music archives of this period. What is remarkable, however, is the great number and particularly selection of compositions that have been preserved at St Vitus’s...

Czech and Moravian Christmas music of the 18th century

Victoria Ensemble 
Viktorie Kaplanová: artistic direction 

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: La Historia del Tango, Oblivion
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK: Ballet “Dance of the Furies” from the opera “Orpheus and Eurydice”
PAUL AGRICOLE GENIN: Carnaval de Venise
SIGFRID KARG-ELERT: Sonata in F sharp minor for flute solo, Op. 140
CHARLES GOUNOD: Ave Maria

Yoshimi Oshima: flute
Jaroslav Tůma: harpsichord, organ