SUMMER FESTIVITIES OF EARLY MUSIC

FAMILIA | 17 July – 5 August 2025

The 26th edition of the international music festival

Dear friends and lovers of early music,

what does family mean to us? A safe haven, a blood bond, a lifelong challenge...? In any case, it can certainly be seen as an inexhaustible source of artistic inspiration – sometimes glorified, sometimes cursed. How clear and deep are the imprints of family relationships in the music of past centuries?

We asked ourselves these questions when preparing the dramaturgy of the 26th edition of the Summer Festivities of Early Music. The programmes will explore familial ties that influenced and shaped the music of historical stylistic periods from the Middle Ages to the High Baroque. They will focus on the legacies of selected musical and printing dynasties, as the love of music and the knowledge of related crafts were often passed down from generation to generation. Families played an irreplaceable role as patrons, and monastic communities also represented families of sorts. Last but not least, a number of important rituals take place within the family – and this phenomenon has logically been reflected in musical culture, in both artificial and folk traditions.

You can look forward to gems from music archives, unusual musical instruments, unbridled musicality, and the captivating musical creativity of the invited artists.

17 July | 8.00 p.m.

Emmaus Monastery

Die Bach-Familie

The Musical Legacy of
a Legendary Family

ENSEMBLE POLYHARMONIQUE

Alexander SCHNEIDER

21 July | 8.00 p.m.

Troja Château

Música da vida

The Cycle of Life in the Iberian Peninsula and the Portuguese Diaspora

SETE LÁGRIMAS 

Sérgio PEIXOTO, Filipe FARIA

23 July | 8.00 p.m.

Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul

La flor en Paradis

The Medieval Universe of Monastic and Intellectual Elites

TASTO SOLO

Guillermo PÉREZ

25 July | 8.00 p.m.

Lobkowicz Palace

Les frères Francœur

Virtuosity and Grace in the Works of the Francœur Brothers

Théotime Langlois DE SWARTE

Justin TAYLOR

28 July | 8.00 p.m.

Troja Château

A Venezia

Italian Music of the 17th Century in the Editions of the Magni Dynasty

CONCERTO SCIROCCO

Giulia GENINI

31 July | 8.00 p.m.

Lobkowicz Palace

Their Majesties

Henry and Daniel Purcell in the Service of the Stuarts

MUSICA GLORIA

Nele VERTOMMEN

Beniamino PAGANINI

5 August | 8.00 p.m.

Sts. Simon and Jude Church

Passione d'amore

The Power of Love in Family Dramas

Kataryna KASPER | soprano

Roman HOZA | baritone 

COLLEGIUM MARIANUM | Baroque orchestra

Jana SEMERÁDOVÁ | flauto traverso, artistic director

Lenka TORGERSEN | concert master

A bottomless well of emotions, passions, drama and humour – family relationships have often also been the driving force behind complicated operatic plots. The final concert will transport the audience back to the golden age of Italian Baroque opera, featuring excerpts from the works of the genre’s seminal composers – George Frideric Handel and Antonio Vivaldi. The audience can expect arias full of love, betrayal, hatred and forgiveness. The operas Giulio Cesare in Egitto and Il Giustino both premiered in 1724. And since this music ages like fine wine, it will surely delight the Prague audience even after more than three centuries.

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