Friday, June 6, 2008

Early Music Festival in Bratislava

Just to let you know, that currently Bratislava is happy to enjoy the Days of Early Music festival. An annual tradition, which started in 1996 at the initiative of the late Ján Albrecht, to whom I have dedicated an article earlier on this blog already.

A 13 year tradition, which is being kept alive thanks to the endless efforts of e.g. artistic director Peter Zajíček or Mrs Dr. Alžbeta Rajterová, performing not just standard baroque or classicist works, but indeed very rarely performed pieces by Benda, Zimmermann, Haydn, Pleyel, Mozart, Stamitz, Voříšek, compositions which one would not find easily in a regular CD store. Famous names and ensembles like - needless to say - Musica Aeterna with Peter Zajíček, the Lotz Trio, Festival Orchestra Apollo, Visegrad Baroque Orchestra under the baton of Jos van Immerseel, and still others like Hjordis Thébault, Pierre-Yves Pruvot, Peter Guľas, Barbara Willi, Christian Leiterer, and many more.

Definitely worth going, if you are a music lover. Several institutions have lend their logos and contributed. Just curious, how many representatives these institutions will send (or of course come out of their own free will) and what the response will be from the public.

For more info: www.earlymusicba.org

regards
MS

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