February27 2024 (Tue)
7:30 PM

Dvořák - Moravian Duets

Antonín Dvořák

Sts. Simon and Jude Church | Classical Music

110 minutes | Not available

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Date:	February 27, 2024 \| 19:30 (Tue)
Venue:	Sts. Simon and Jude Church
Duration:	110 minutes
Status:	Not available

Did you know the Moravian Duets brought Antonín Dvořák an international acclaim? Hear them tonight.

The key figure of the Year of Czech Music is Antonín Dvořák. And his key opus is Moravian Double Songs. They brought him international recognition. "When you play them, you will be as happy as I am. And as a publisher you will be especially pleased with their unusual charm," wrote Johannes Brahms in a recommendation to his Berlin publisher Fritz Simrock, who fortunately for the world published them.

At the end of February 2024 they will be performed by the excellent Czechoslovak duo Simona Šaturová and Monika Jägerová, with stylish accompaniment by pianist Vojtěch Spurný. He will also intersperse the evening of songs with rarely performed piano gems: the Eclogues of Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek, a celebrity of our revival, a friend of Mozart, Beethoven and Goethe. Tomášek, too, fully belongs to the Year of Czech Music, as 2024 marks the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Program:

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Moravian Duets Op. 32
Moravian Duets Op. 38
In Folk Tone Op. 73
Two Songs on Folk Poems
Eclogues

Performing:

Simona ŠATUROVÁ | soprano
Monika JÄGEROVÁ | alto
Vojtěch SPURNÝ | piano

Important:

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Tickets purchased for this concert can not be transferred, exchanged or refunded unless the event is cancelled.
No ticket discounts provided.
No intermission

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Sts. Simon and Jude Church

Address:	Dušní ulice, Praha 1
Capacity:	400
Type:	Churches
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	No

Beautiful Sts. Simon and Jude Church in Prague Old Town serves as a concert hall

Amicable and uplifting atmosphere of the Sts. Simon and Jude Church is the ideal place to enjoy masterpieces of classical and sacred music. The Church of Sts. Simon and Jude is unique by its initiation - it is the only Prague church dedicated to the apostolic pair, Simon and Jude Taddeas.

The church was founded in 1354 as a hospital chapel and later rebuilt as a hall church with niches and chapels. The late Renaissance church served as a temple of Czech Brethren. In 1620, during recatholisation of the whole country, the Emperor donated the church to the Order of Merciful Brothers.

They rebuilt the church in Baroque style and added on a large adjacent convent and hospital. The late Baroque church organ was played by Mozart and Haydn. It is still functional and famous for its excellent authentic sound. After 1989, the church was given back to the Order of Merciful Brothers who lent it for use to the Prague Symphony Orchestra. In Sts. Simon and Jude Church orchestral concerts as well as chamber concerts of early music are held, in particular traditional cycle dedicated to the authentic interpretation of Baroque music is highly appreciated by both critics and audiences.

How to get there:

Accessibility by Prague public transport:
metro A (green line) - Staroměstská station
tram No. 17 - Právnická fakulta stop
Nearest car parking:
Hotel Intercontinental, Náměstí Curieových 43/5, Prague 1