The season 2020—21 will be inaugurated by one of the most famous works in the history of music, Handel’s Messiah, and this “messianic” spirit pervades the dramaturgy of the whole concert series. The unconventional programme of the Advent concert will recreate the atmosphere of Italian Baroque Christmas and we shall celebrate the arrival of the New Year with Mozart’s Coronation Mass.
On November 22, the premiere of the drama Monsieur de Pourceaugnac was performed at the Estates Theatre. Monsieur de Pourceaugnac was written in 1669 as a comédie-ballet in prose for royal celebrations in Chambord. The composer of the music is Vít Zouhar, who based his music on the original composition by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The music interpretation is ptovided by members of Collegium 1704 together with members of Disman Radio Children Ensemble under the baton of Václav Luks.
