Collegium Vocale 1704

Name: Collegium Vocale 1704
Start: 2026-09-26T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-26T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Zámecká jízdárna Valtice

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 · 19:00

Zámecká jízdárna Valtice, Valtice

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A concert by the vocal ensemble Collegium Vocale 1704 takes place at Zámecká jízdárna in Valtice.

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About the venue: Zámecká jízdárna Valtice

The castle riding hall in Valtice is a historic building within the grounds of Valtice château, part of the UNESCO-listed Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape. Originally built to house the noble stables and equestrian training, it now hosts cultural events, exhibitions and social gatherings. The interior retains the character of its original architecture.

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About: Collegium Vocale 1704

Led by Václav Luks, the Prague-based Collegium Vocale 1704 is a fixture at Europe's top early-music stages - from the Salzburg Festival and Bachfest Leipzig to the Opéra Royal at Versailles - and has built an award-winning discography spanning Zelenka, Bach and Handel.

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What's new

2025-11
Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 released an album with Zelenka's masses Missa Circumcisionis ZWV 11 and Missa Corporis Domini ZWV 3 at Harmonia Mundi publishing house - the first recording of Missa Circumcisionis on historical instruments.
2025-10
The ensemble opened its jubilee season for the 20th anniversary with concerts in Prague's Rudolfinum and Dresden's Annenkirche, where it performed Zelenka and Händel's Dixit Dominus.
2025
Collegium 1704 presented Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Brno Janáček Theatre in a historically informed performance.

Tour

PrahaDresdenVersaillesSalzburgWienBerlinHamburgBrnoGdańskKöln

Tracks

Zelenka: Missa Circumcisionis ZWV 11 & Missa Corporis Domini ZWV 3jubilee recording for the 20th anniversary of the ensemble (2025), first recording of Missa Circumcisionis on historical instruments

Rameau: Les Boréadestriple CD (2020), Trophées 2020 and Edison Klassiek Award for best opera recording of the year

Handel: Messiahfirst complete Czech recording of Messiah (2019)

Bach: Mass in B minoraward-winning recording from 2013, Gramophone Editor's Choice

Zelenka: Missa Votiva ZWV 18breakthrough recording that brought the ensemble international attention

Recent shows

Jul 7, 2022 Kloster Eberbach, Eltville (DE)

About: Collegium 1704

Václav Luks leads this Prague period-instrument orchestra, which over two decades has earned a firm place on international stages from the Berlin Philharmonie to Versailles. Czech Baroque music - above all the works of Jan Dismas Zelenka - sits at the heart of its repertoire.

prices for the album Rameau: Les Boréades (Trophées 2020 + Edison Klassiek 2021 for best opera recording of the year)

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year of the ensemble's founding (founded 2005)

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prestigious festivals and halls where the ensemble regularly performs (Berliner Philharmonie, Salzburg, Versailles, Elbphilharmonie, etc.)

What's new

2025
Collegium 1704 released a recording of Zelenky's Missa Circumcisionis for its 20th anniversary - the first recording of this mass on period instruments - and the album received significant international critical acclaim.
2025
The ensemble performed Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Janáček Theatre in Brno, and the production received enthusiastic critical acclaim.
2025-08
Václav Luks performed with Collegium 1704 as curator of the FEL!X 2025 festival at the Cologne Philharmonic with a program dedicated to Czech music.

Tour

PrahaBrnoČeský KrumlovDresdenGdańskKöln

Tracks

Zelenka: Missa Circumcisionis, ZWV 112025 recording for the 20th anniversary of the ensemble, first recording on period instruments

Rameau: Les Boréadestriple album awarded Trophées 2020 and Edison Klassiek 2021 for best opera recording of the year

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56first complete Czech recording of Messiah (2019)

Zelenka: Missa Votiva, ZWV 18breakthrough recording for Zig-Zag Territoires, immediately after release entered the TOP 10 of the French classical chart

Il Boemo (filmový soundtrack)music for the feature film by Petr Václav about the life of Josef Myslivecek (2022)

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