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Český Händel
Czech Handel
Event by: Musica Florea, Marek Štryncl, Collegium Floreum, Musica Florea
Location: St. Salvator Church in Prague, Salvátorská 1045, Praha 1
Tickets: 150–400 CZK · Get tickets
About event
The concert called Český Händel takes place on September 15, 2025 from 7:30 p.m. in U Salvátora church as part of the Musica Florea Bohemia 2025 series. >
Already in his time, Cheb composer František Xaver Habermann was called the "Czech Handel" by his admirers. But G.F. himself. Handel greatly valued the works of Fr. Habermann and some of his themes from his masses were used and elaborated in the oratorio Jephta or some organ concerts. Processing foreign musical material was not a sin in the Baroque, but rather an appreciation. The concert will present a mass from this Habermann collection (Philomela pia, op. 1 in Kraslice in 1747). Funeral Anthems of G.F. Handel is a lesser known work. Nevertheless, the compositional "kinship" with the aforementioned Fr. Habermann.
Program:
- F. X. Habermann: collection of Philomela pia masses from 1752 (1747)
- G. F. Handel: Funeral Anthems of Queen Caroline