La tempesta di mare
Mediterranean Ports and their
Famous Baroque Masters
Dušní/U Milosrdných, Prague – Old Town
Artists
Adam Pastuszka, Małgorzata Malke – violin
Krzysztof Firlus – viola da gamba
Ján Prievozník – violone
Anna Firlus – harpsichord, organ
Programme
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
La Tempesta di mare op. 8 no. 5
Giovanni Antonio Guido (ca.1680–1729)
Scherzi armonici sopra le quattro stagione dell’anno
Adam Jarzębski (1590?–1648/9)
Canzoni: Sentinella, Norimberga
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725) / Francesco Scarlatti (1666–1741)
Concerto grosso F major no. 8
Marcin Mielczewski (?–1651)
Aria a 2 violini, viola da gamba e basso continuo
Concert with intermission.
Expected end of the concert: 21:15.
Annotation
The four seasons were adapted as a motif not only by the Red-Haired Priest, as Vivaldi was known in his own time. Around 1680, Giovanni Antonio Guido was born in the Italian port Genoa. Only a few years after Vivaldi published his Four Seasons, Guido reacted by compositing Scherzi armonici sopra le quattro stagioni dell’anno.
A selection of pieces from this extraordinary instrumental collection will form the core of the performance at the Sts Simon and Juda Church by{oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna from Poland with their artistic leader Martyna Pastuszka. Their programme will introduce also some other Mediterranean ports in which important musicians were active in history, such as Vivaldi’s Venice or Scarlatti’s Palermo and Naples.
The programme also comprises music by Polish composers who were influenced and fascinated by Italian music, Adam Jarzębski and Marcin Mielczewski. Vivaldi’s concerto La tempesta di mare is undoubtedly one of the best musical renderings of this fascinating natural phenomenon.
Venue
Dušní/U Milosrdných, Prague – Old Town
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In collaboration with Polish Institute.
Artists
Martyna Pastuszka
baroque violin, artistic director
Martyna Pastuszka specialized in historically informed performance as of 2001. Since she graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice in 2004, her artistic personality has been shaped through her work with the Polish ensemble Arte dei Suonatori, as well as by other artists with whom she has collaborated, including Rachel Podger, Giuliano Carmignola, Andrew Parrott, Julien Chauvin, Andreas Staier, Hidemi Suzuki, Barthold Kuijken, Dan Laurin and René Jacobs.
She has worked as a chamber and orchestral musician also with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and Le Concert Lorrain in France, with NeoBarock in Germany, and, above all, with Arte dei Suonatori in Poland. She has been a guest concertmaster of Le Parlement de Musique (2009–2013), Capella Cracoviensis (since 2010) and Collegium Marianum.
{oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna
{oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna was established in March 2012 in Katowice by the concert master Martyna Pastuszka and manager Artur Malke and a group of passionate players who perform on period instruments within the framework of Historically Informed Performance Practice. Their interpretation is informed by an emphasis on the rhetorical dimension of music and establishing a connection with the audience which are qualities greatly appreciated by critics.
Although often associated with Baroque music, the historically informed performance approach is by no means exclusive to that period in history. The Orkiestra Historyczna intends to perform a wealth of repertoire, including the works of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, and their contemporaries, but also presenting historically informed renditions of works of the classical and romantic periods, extending to those from the beginning of the 20th century.
The ensemble has released three highly acclaimed CDs: a recording entitled “{oh!} Schreyfogel/Schaffrath/Visconti” for DUX, an album which features violin and harpsichord concertos discovered at the University of Dresden library; “Jasna Góra Early Music” with music of Father Amando Ivanschitz (1727–1758) for the MUSICON label; and “Music of French Masters”, a live recording of French instrumental music by Lully, Campra, Couperin, Correte and Marais.
