CARNEVALE PRAHA 2016 - Baroque Nights at the Clam-Gallas Palace

Festival Carnevale Praha 29.1.  - 9. 2. 2016

The baroque nights at Clam-Gallas palace

MUSIC IN THE TIME OF ABUNDANCE

We invite you to the carnival series of Baroque concerts, which are part of the Program of Prague Carnival. Events are held from Friday, January 29th, till Fat Tuesday, February 9th 2016 , at the Clam-Gallas Palace, in the magnificent seat of the Bohemian Statesman and Habsburg Imperial Ambassador, Johann Wenzel von Gallas.

List of the performances:

• FR 29.1. MASOPUST JUŽ NASTAL Soirée 20:00 - 21:15 h           
• SA 30. 1.  IN THE GARDENS OF GODDESS POMONA Soirée 20:00- 21:15  h       
• SU 31. 1. IL DOLCE TORMENTO Matinée 13.00 - 14:15 h             
• SA6. 2. IN THE GARDENS OF GODDESS POMONA Soirée 20:00 - 21:15 h
• SU 7. 2. IL DOLCE TORMENTO Soirée 20:00 - 21:15  h                    
• TU 9. 2. VIVAT CARNEVALE Soirée 20:00 - 21:15 h

ADMISSION

Sector A / 1.200,-CZK / 1 person / 1. row concert + drink

Sector B / 900,-CZK / 1 person / 2. row concert + drink

Sector C / 600,-CZK / 1 person / concert

Anotation:

The concert programme "IN THE GARDENS OF GODDESS POMONA and IL DOLCE TORMENTO with subtitle "Music in the Time of Abundance" will consist of music by Claudio Monteverdi, his contemporaries and followers. Monteverdi's pioneering work, coming at the turn of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, contributed to the emergence of a new musical style (seconda practica) and laid the foundations not only of Baroque music, but also gave birth to a new musical genre - opera...

Vivat Carnevale / Long live Carnival

Carnevale alias Carnival used to be the highlight of the social season. Just for this period a number of the most famous musical works was composed in the past. The program will feature music from famous Carnival operas XVII. a XVIII. century composed by J. B. Lully, A. Campra, G. Finger, T. Albinoni, A. Vivaldiho, G. F. Händela, ect.

Artists played on authentic instruments. Baroque tuning (a = 415 Hz Valotti)

St. Valentine weekend

we prepare on SA 13. 2. 2016 Soirée 20:00 - 21:15 h

Musica Amorosa / A amorous music

unique evening, which will take place during the Prague carnival season, on the occasion of St. Valentin Day an amorous music of Italian composers of the 17th and 18th centuries will sounds.