FULL ADVENT CONCERT Bratislava 2024 Tatiana Hajzušová, Alena Grach, Matúš Šimko, Jiří Rajniš
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Advent Concert
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Slovak Philharmonic Concert Hall
- Recorded: December 15, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Tatiana Hajzušová, Alena Grach, Matúš Šimko, Jiří Rajniš
- Conductor: Ewald Danel
- Orchestra: Slovak Chamber Orchestra
- Chorus: Lúčnica Choir
- Chorus Master: Elena Matušová
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Format: DVD
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: Slovac Philharmonic FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Program
Josef Leopold Zvonař (1824–1865)
Six Preludes for Christmas Time, Op. 12, No. 3
Allegro majestic
Solemnly
Andante
Andante with motorcycle
Andante
Allegro majestic
Vladimir Godar (1956)
Magnificat for female voice, choir, string orchestra and harp
Jan Levoslav Bella (1843–1936)
Te Deum in Es
Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815)
Czech Christmas Mass / Missa pastoralis bohemica
Kyrie. Hey master
Gloria. Glory be to God.
Graduale. Wake up, brother.
Credo. Hasten to Bethlehem
Offertory. In humility let us kneel.
Sanctus. Heaven proclaim, Holy One
Benedictus. Lord of earth and heaven
Agnus Dei. Now I come under Your protection
Communio (Final). With joy, with rejoicing
This year, the Slovak Chamber Orchestra will also present its Christmas repertoire , having designed the dramaturgy of its concert to capture the Advent atmosphere as much as possible. The Christmas season will be evoked by the overture by Josef Leopold Zvonař , while the message of the biblical story will be brought by the Magnificat by Vladimír Godár . It works with the text of the oldest complete Slovak translation of the Bible, from the so-called Camaldolese Bible, which was created around 1760 by the Camaldolese monks in the Red Monastery near the Dunajec River. “The three parts of the composition are a celebration of the three greatest inventions of music – melody, harmony and polyphony,” admits the composer. The work brings meditation and an effort to emphasize temporal continuity, in which the coming would not be possible without the preceding one.