Concert to mark the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Collegium 1704 orchestra and the Collegium Vocale 1704 vocal ensemble

Johann Sebastian BACH

Mass in B Minor BWV 232

Collegium 1704

Collegium Vocale 1704

Václav Luks – conductor

Its very first publisher, Hans-Georg Nägeli, already termed this mass “the greatest musical masterpiece of all times and nations.” The unsurpassed quality of this colossal work has fascinated musicians and concert-goers for more than 250 years. But this same boundless respect as well as performance traditions handed down from the times of Romanticism have functioned as blinders, preventing us from seeing the mass without bias or preconceptions. Even if it is impossible to discover any universal truth about how to perform it, Collegium 1704 will look in on this brilliant work without fear although still with humility and try to show its magnificently vivid colours without the accumulated patina of interpretive tradition.

Collegium 1704 | Collegium Vocale 1704

Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 are acclaimed for their recordings (Diapason d’Or, Gramophone Magazine) as well as opera projects (Mysliveček‘s Olimpiade nominated for International Opera Awards, Händel‘s Rinaldo) and concerts (with Magdalena Kožená, Vivica Genaux, Bejun Mehta etc.). Their past and future appearances include Theater an der Wien, Salzburger Festspele, Luzerner Festival, Konzerthaus Wien, Wratislavia Cantans, residences in Oude Muziek Utrecht and Bachfest Leipzig and two own concerts series in Prague and Dresden.

Tickets starting at CZK 200 (or discounted tickets starting at CZK 140) are distributed through the Czech Philharmonic (www.ceskafilharmonie.cz, +420 227 059 227, info@cfmail.cz) or via Ticketportal  (www.ticketportal.cz) and Bohemia Ticket (www.bohemiaticket.cz).
You can purchase subscriptions to the concert series with a 30% discount through the Czech Philharmonic.
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