Ars Rediviva
| Ars Rediviva | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Ars Rediviva Prague |
| Origin | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Chamber music ensemble/Chamber orchestra |
| Years active | 1951–2002 |
| Labels | Supraphon, Panton, Columbia Records, Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, CBS Masterworks, Nippon, Sony Classical |
| Past members |
Conductor, artistic director, flute Milan Munclinger Oboe Stanislav Duchoň Cello František Sláma Harpsichord Viktorie Švihlíková |
Ars Rediviva was a Czech instrumental early music group, whose historically informed performances played a key role in the revival of Baroque music in Czechoslovakia.
It was founded in 1951 in Prague by flautist and musicologist Milan Munclinger and his wife, pianist, and harpsichordist Viktorie Švihlíková (she was later succeeded by Josef Hála). In the original cast also played two prominent members of the Czech Philharmonic, cellist František Sláma and oboist Stanislav Duchoň (later succeeded by violinists Václav Snítil and Antonín Novák).
From 1951 to 1956 Václav Talich collaborated with Ars Rediviva.
The repertoire consisted largely of chamber music, the works of J. S. Bach ranked high on the list.
Depending on score requirements, the ensemble's size expanded regularly up to the chamber orchestra having mainly Czech Philharmonic instrumentalists as members (a complete string group with its section leaders, prominent wind-players, for example solo flautists Géza Novák and František Čech, solo oboist Jiří Mihule, solo bassoonists Karel Bidlo and František Herman, solo horn-players Miroslav Štefek and Zdeněk Tylšar, solo double-bass player František Pošta, etc.).
Ars Rediviva collaborated with the Czech Philharmonic Choir, Czech singers (Karel Berman, Ladislav Mráz, Jana Jonášová, Virginia Walterová, Ludmila Vernerová, etc.) and foreign artists, specializing in performances of Baroque and Classical music (e.g. András Adorján, Theo Altmeyer, Maurice André, Nedda Casei, Otto Peter, Jean-Pierre Rampal).
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