Missa Circumcisionis Collegium 1704

Missa Circumcisionis ⬩ Collegium 1704

Concert for the 20 years of Collegium 1704

Concerts of Collegium 1704 in Rudolfinum will be available in a subscription starting on 16 April. Tickets for the concerts (separately) will be available since 9 June.

Programme

J. D. Zelenka
Missa Circumcisionis ZWV 11

G. F. Händel
Dixit Dominus HWV 232

Performers

Václav Luks conductor
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704

Jan Dismas Zelenka set the text of the Mass Ordinary about twenty times in total, and the solemn Missa Circumcisionis from 1728 is one of Zelenka’s most extensive and richly scored compositions of this kind. Together with this work by the Czech master, one of the most impressive settings of the Old Testament psalm Dixit Dominus by George Frideric Handel.

Rudolfinum — Dvořák Hall

10/9/2025 Thursday 7:30 PM