ANOTATION

The concert programme presents saints of medieval Bohemia, St. Wenceslas, St. Ludmila and St. Vojtech, the country's patrons and symbols of the nation as well as its royal insignia. It contains choral movements, songs and motets from Czech sources of the same period. The last piece, Ave coronata, is the only known isorhythmic motet of Central European provenance and is attributed to the court of Charles IV.

It should be noted that in the 14th century Prague was the seat of the Roman Emperor and, together with Paris, it was the largest city north of the Alps. It thus became an important cultural centre from where the so-called Beautiful style of Gothic art emerged.