Vivaldi 300 - Le Quatro Stagioni
In 2025, it will be exactly 300 years (1725-2025) since Antonio Vivaldi, in gratitude for his support, dedicated his collection of concertos Il cimento dell´armonia e dell´inventione to Count Václav Morzin, which includes, among other works, four violin concertos entitled THE FOUR SEASONS.
We will celebrate this important anniversary on Sunday, August 31, 2025, with several events that you should not miss.
10:30 a.m. / Monastery Church of St. Augustine - Festive Mass – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the church service has been CANCELED.
1:00-5:00 p.m. / KCEV KRTEK - The Four Seasons by Kamila Antošová - photo exhibition
Unique photographs of the Krkonoše Mountains' nature in the drama of the individual seasons.
3:30 p.m. / Krkonoše Museum - Vivaldi in the Service of Count Morzin - Lecture
Mgr. Václav Kapsa, Ph.D., Head of the Department of Musicology at the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Václav Kapsa studied musicology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University (Ph.D. 2009). Since 1999, he has been working in the music department of the National Library of the Czech Republic, where he has participated in projects focused on the acquisition and accessibility of electronic information resources for music and musicology. From 1999 to 2002, he worked at the Institute of Musicology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and from 2002 to 2018 at the Department of Music History of the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Since 2019, he has been a researcher at the Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, focusing on 17th and 18th century music. He is particularly interested in the work of lesser-known composers active in the Czech lands, making it accessible in the form of critical editions, and the issue of thematic catalogues and historical music inventories. He compiled a thematic catalog of the works of Josef Brentner and published his compositions in four volumes. He also edited the sacred compositions of three Czech Jesuits and the trio sonatas of Johann Georg Orsler. His other areas of interest include musicians and music at aristocratic courts and the development of concert life in the Czech lands.
5:25 p.m. / Monastery Church of St. Augustine - Ringing of monastery bells with unveiling of a commemorative plaque / 1725-2025
Throughout the day, visitors can also view the exhibition of the Krkonoše Museum and look into the tomb of the Morzin family.
7:00 p.m. / Concert The Four Seasons / Il cimento dell´armonia e dell´inventione, op. 8 /
Alessandro Tampieri (IT) - violin & Barocco sempre giovane (CZ)
