Ars Rediviva
Ars Rediviva was a Czech chamber music ensemble, a crucial boost to the rediscovery of Baroque music was in his country and devoted himself to the questions of historical performance practice.
Formation
It was founded in 1951 by flutist and musicologist Milan Munclinger and his wife, the pianist and harpsichordist Viktorie Švihlíková. In the basic occupation also played two solo players of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Stanislav Duchoň ( oboe) and František Sláma (cello). Later, the violinist Václav Antonín Novák and Snítil and harpsichordist Josef Hála participated. In the years 1951-56 Ars Rediviva worked with Munclingers teacher, conductor Václav Talich.
Ars Rediviva Orchestra, soloists
The occupation was in accordance with the repertoire expanded to chamber orchestra, in the predominantly participated the solo players of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra: flutist Géza Novák František Čech, Jiří Válek, oboist Jiri Mihule, Frantisek Kimel, bassoonist Karel Bidlo, František Herman, horn player Miroslav Štefek, Zdeněk Tylšar, double bass player Frantisek Posta, inter alia, Ars Rediviva also worked with the Philharmonic Choir singing together and with other Czech ensembles (for example, the Vlach Quartet), singers ( Karel Berman, Ladislav Mráz, Jana Jonášová, Virginia Walterová, Ludmila Vernerová and others) and foreign soloists, which Baroque music dedicated (for example, Andras Adorjan ( flute ), Theo Altmeyer, Maurice André, Nedda Casei, Otto Peter ). A long tradition had the collaboration with Jean- Pierre Rampal ( 1954-1984 ).
Ars Rediviva concert cycle
1954-94 was the ensemble subscription concerts, beginning in the Wallenstein Palace in Prague, later in the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum. The series of six evening concerts were then connected also reprises. Until 1994, here are some hundred compositions have been performed, with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach was in the foreground. An integral part of the Ars Rediviva subscription series were also Neuaufführungen of archival finds. The concerts were accompanied with Munclingers comment that often had not only the music itself but also some current topic. Many premieres as well as the unconventional shape of the concerts have won the subscription cycle a wide audience. Some recordings of the concerts will be held in the Czech Museum of Music.
Recordings
Ars Rediviva realized as the first Czechoslovak ensemble recordings of many Baroque works (for example, Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, The Art of Fugue, Musical Offering, orchestral suites, chamber music, cantatas, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: symphonies, concertos, chamber music, cantatas, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: symphonies, chamber music, Johann Christian Bach: symphonies, chamber music, George Frideric Handel: fireworks Music, Water Music, instrumental chamber music, cantatas, Nine German arias, Georg Philipp Telemann: orchestral Suites, symphonies, concertos, Tafelmusik, Nouveaux quartets, Essercizii Musici, Moral cantatas, The harmonious worship; Heinrich Schütz: Christmas Oratorio; François Couperin: Trio sonatas, Le Parnassus ou l' Apothéose de Corelli, Concert en forme d' à la mémoire de l' Apothéose incomparable M. de Lully, Concerts royaux; Jean -Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concert; Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, trio sonatas, concertos, cantatas; Arcangelo Corelli: chamber music works; Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, instrumental chamber music; Franz Benda: Flute Concertos - inter alia, the first recording by Jean-Pierre Rampal in Czechoslovakia, symphonies, sonatas; Georg Anton Benda: Harpsichord concertos, symphonies, sonatas, Ariadne auf Naxos, Benda's action; Franz Xaver Richter: symphonies, quartets, trio sonatas, concertos; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonatas - first recording in 1959, orchestral works, Lamentations of Jeremiah Prophetae ). Since 1954, Ars Rediviva worked with the label Supraphon, later also with Panton, Columbia Records, CBS, Ariola, DGG, Orfeo, Nippon, Sony Classical, as well as radio, television and film. The recordings were awarded several times (twice Grand Prix du Disque de l' Académie Charles Cros, " Golden Lion" of the Supraphon publishing for record of the year, and others).
Composers such as Ilya Hurník Jan Tausinger, Ivan Jirko, Otmar Macha have the Ensemble attributed their works (for example, Ilya Hurníks Sonata da Camera, Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra).