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Collegium 1704

Few people have been capable of uniting so many talents within themselves: whether as a gifted natural horn player, a virtuoso harpsichordist, a charismatic conductor, an adept musicologist, or a brilliant concert programmer, Vaclav Lucks doesn’t like to confine himself to one single thing. He is the spiritus rector of the Prague baroque orchestra Collegium 1704, which in the past several years has won the reputation of being an exceptional ensemble in the international early music scene.

With the Collegium’s project BACH-PRAG-2005, which also resulted in the formation of Collegium Vocale 1704, a framework for a regular partnership together with the Prague Spring Festival was established. Invitations to Europe’s leading festivals followed for both ensembles. Concerts of Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa votiva at the French Festival de Sablé and La Chaise Dieu in 2007 were met with great enthusiasm by both the press and the public, with a co-produced recording from the festival immediately hitting France’s classical top ten on the charts in 2008. This success resulted in another recording at the festival by the ensemble the following year of Zelenka’s oratorio Penitenti al Sepolcro del Redentore.

Inspired by Zelenka’s personality, the Ensemble has also gained attention though its concert cycle Musikbrücke Prag-Dresden, which takes place simultaneously in Prague and Dresden every year and unites the historic and cultural similarities of the two cities.

The ensemble’s work with the French recording label Zig Zag Territories, as well as its participation in opera productions at the Prague National Theater and in opera houses in Caen, Rennes, and Luxembourg, will be just some of Collegium 1704’s focal points in the next several years.

"... The Prague vocal and instrumental ensemble Collegium 1704, under the baton of its founder Vaclav Luks, proved that the East European orchestras on period instruments are long first class ensembles: rarely you can hear Handel's so-called Easter Oratorio so passionate, lively and colourful. ..."
Kristina Maidt-Zinke Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 118 28.Mai 2010

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Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
1.
Missa votiva in e-moll, ZWV 18 (1739)
cast: 23 Musiker, 17 Sänger, Dirigent
2.
Musica per la Settimana Santa
Musik für die Heilige Woche
Responsoria pro Hebdomanda Sancta, ZWV 55
Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae, ZWV 203
cast: 9 Musiker, 8 Sänger

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	Jan Dismas Zelenka Missa votiva ZWV 18 ZigZag Sept 2008 >> Hörprobe
	Jan Dismas Zelenka Composizioni per Orchestra SUPRAPHON Nov 2005
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