9th Workshop of the Czech Handel Society

Monday 18 April 2011 at 6.00 pm.

Classroom No. 20 at 'Vyšší odborná škola oděvního návrhářství a Střední průmyslová škola oděvní' (Vocational High School for Clothing Design and Secondary Technical School for Clothing), Jablonského 3/333, Prague 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic, close to the underground station 'Nádraží Holešovice' (line 'C').

Admission free.

Snacks & drinks available in vending machines on the premises of the School.

Programme:

Music at the Hapsburg Court of Vienna in the First Half of the 18th Century,
with a Focus on the Imperial Kapellmeisters and Vice-Kapellmeisters

The lecture will be given by PhDr. Radek Menoušek, musicologist, composer and baroquist.

Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740; Emperor 1711-1740) in the robes of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Oil painting on canvas in the manner of Johann Gottfried Auerbach (1697-1753). C. 1730. Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace (Kunsthistorisches Museum), Vienna, Austria.

Further information at 'info@haendel.cz'.