Friday, 9 October 2026 at The Church of St James The Elder

Harmonia Caeli

The Church of St James the Greater in Lednice welcomes the Royal Opera Choir of Versailles and its conductor Gaétan Jarry for a concert devoted to Baroque music and spiritual contemplation. The programme features Les Horloges Noires by François Couperin, as well as Gregorio Allegri’s celebrated Miserere.

Saturday, 10 October 2026 at the Lednice Riding Hall

Baroque Splendours

The Chamber Ensemble of the Royal Opera Academy of Versailles, conducted by Gaétan Jarry, will perform masterpieces of Baroque music alongside soprano Ana Vieira Leite. Alongside works by Antonio Vivaldi and Georg Friedrich Handel, the programme will also showcase compositions by Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, a court musician under King Louis XV.

Harmonia Caeli

Friday, 9 October 2026

François Couperin (1668–1733) Leçons de Ténèbres
Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652) Miserere

Splendeurs baroques

Saturday, 10 October 2026

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
Sonate pour violon et clavecin en sol mineur, op. 3 n° 1

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
In furore iustissimae irae, RV 626

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685–1759)
Silete Venti, HWV 242

Intermission

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Serse, HWV 40 : Ouverture

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Le Messie, HWV 56)

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville
Sonate pour violon et clavecin en ut majeur, op. 3 n° 4

Georg Friedrich Haendel
Da tempeste il legno infranto (Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17)