Cappella Mariana, Treasures from golden Prague

At the end of the 16th century, a new chapter began in the chronicles of Prague. Under Emperor Rudolf II, the capital became a cosmopolitan hub of artists, musicians, scholars, and alchemists. In addition to Italian madrigalists, the court also attracted composers from the Franco-Flemish tradition, who left their mark on Bohemian musical life. In this panorama of golden Prague, a prominent place is reserved for Kryštof Harant, whose five-part masses are an impressive synthesis of northern polyphony and southern warmth. Work by court chapel master Philippus de Monte and contemporaries such as Luca Marenzio and Paschal de l’Estocart is also performed, alongside rare Bohemian songs such as the anonymously transmitted Otče Buoha nebeského. Cappella Mariana, the reference in Central European Renaissance music, is our dream guide to Praga magna.