Name: Dvořák: Svatá Ludmila
Start: 2018-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Rudolfinum

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Jakub Hrůša

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Lukáš Vasilek

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Kateřina Kněžíková

Ludmila

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Ondřej Koplík

Bořivoj

Richard Samek

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Alena Grach

Svatava

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Jozef Benci

Ivan the Hermit

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Dvořák: Svatá Ludmila

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Saint Ludmila, op. 71

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Dvořákova Praha věnuje stému výročí založení Československé republiky uvedení mistrova oratoria Svatá Ludmila, které v sobě sjednocuje křesťanskou symboliku i rovinu vlastenectví, tedy dva momenty, které měly pro skladatelův duchovní svět zásadní význam. Interpretace se proto zcela logicky ujme náš přední orchestr Česká filharmonie s Pražským filharmonickým sborem pod vedením Jakuba Hrůši, sólové party jsou svěřeny předním českým a slovenský sólistům.

Světová premiéra oratoria Svatá Ludmila proběhla v říjnu 1886 na hudebním festivalu v Leedsu, který si po Dvořákově triumfu s oratoriem Stabat Mater skladbu „s biblickým námětem“ objednal. Mistr objednávku přijal, trval však na tématu z české historie a to si také prosadil. Libreto inspirované životem jedné z nejvýznamnějších českých světic, sv. Ludmily, vytvořil na Dvořákovu žádost přední český básník Jaroslav Vrchlický. Na oratoriu Svatá Ludmila si Dvořák mimořádně zakládal a práci na něm věnoval maximální úsilí. Patří k nejrozsáhlejším autorovým dílům jak co do délky, tak z hlediska velikosti vokálně instrumentálního aparátu. Vyznačuje se mimořádnou melodickou invencí, bohatou polyfonickou prací a zvukovou krásou.

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The Dvořák Prague Festival is dedicating its performance of Dvořák’s oratorio Saint Ludmila to the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia. The work unites Christian symbolism with patriotism, two things of fundamental importance to the composer’s spiritual world. Logically, the performance has been entrusted to the country’s leading orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic with the Prague Philharmonic Choir under the baton of Jakub Hrůša, and the solo parts will be sung by leading Czech and Slovak artists.

The world premiere of the oratorio Saint Ludmila took place in October 1886 at the music festival in Leeds, which had commissioned a work “on a Biblical theme” from Dvořák after the triumphant success of his Stabat Mater. The master accepted the commission, but he insisted on a theme from Czech history, and he got his way. The libretto, inspired by the life of one of the most important Czech saints, Saint Ludmila, was written at Dvořák’s request by a leading Czech poet, Jaroslav Vrchlický. Dvořák took exceptional pride in the oratorio Saint Ludmila, and he put his utmost effort into working on it. It was one of the composer’s largest works in terms of both its length and the size of the vocal and instrumental forces it required. It is characterised by exceptional melodic inventiveness, elaborate polyphonic writing, and beauty of sound.

English

Dvořák: Svatá Ludmila by Dvořák, From (2018/2018), Conductor Jakub Hrůša, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic

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