Vivaldi in Prague | Accent ACC24420

Vivaldi in Prague

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Label: Accent

Cat No: ACC24420

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 15th May 2026

Contents

Artists

Hana Blazikova (soprano)
Ciara Hendrick (mezzo-soprano)
Tassilo Erhardt (violin)
Mark Baigent (oboe)
Sally Holman (bassoon)
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen (ensemble)

Conductor

Robert Rawson

Works

Jiranek, Frantisek

Violin Concerto in D minor

Mica, Frantisek Antonin

The Four Elements
» As the flame rises up

Reichenauer, Antonin

Cantata de B.V.M. ad Montem Sanctum 'Quae est ista'
Concerto in F major for oboe, bassoon, strings and continuo, Rk16
Violin Concerto in C minor

Vivaldi, Antonio

Argippo, RV697b
» Gelido in ogni vena
Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV496
Il confronto dell'amor coniugale
» Aria: We are cheerful, and sing
Praga nascente da Libussa e Primislao
» Aria: La Cervetta

Artists

Hana Blazikova (soprano)
Ciara Hendrick (mezzo-soprano)
Tassilo Erhardt (violin)
Mark Baigent (oboe)
Sally Holman (bassoon)
The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen (ensemble)

Conductor

Robert Rawson

About

Vivaldi’s famous ‘Four Seasons’ are dedicated to Count Wenzel von Morzin from Prague. In 1718, he travelled to Venice with his ‘virtuosissimo orchestra’ and hired Vivaldi as ‘maestro di musica italiano’. This marked the beginning of an era of close musical exchange between Venice and Prague.

This relationship, which shaped an entire generation of Czech composers, is the focus of the present production ‘Vivaldi in Prague’.

The programme includes concertos by František Jiránek, who was employed in Count Morzin’s chapel and studied in Vivaldi’s circle in Venice from 1724 to 1726, and by Antonín Reichenauer, whose musical thinking was strongly influenced by Vivaldi’s school.

The programme is complemented by a bassoon concerto by Vivaldi dedicated to Count Morzin, an aria from a Vivaldi opera performed in Prague in 1730, and two arias from Vivaldi pasticcios reconstructed by Robert Rawson for this production.

These pasticcios were compiled by the Venetian impresario Antonio Denzio from popular Vivaldi operas and presented to Prague audiences with new texts, including some in Czech.

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