Česlav Vaňura (1694-1736) - Laetentur coeli (1736)

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Composer: Česlav Vaňura (1694-1736)
Work: Laetentur coeli aus 'Cultus Latriae seu duodecim offertoria solemnia, accomodata primariis per annum festivitatis domini, a quatuor vocibus, canto, alto, tenore, basso, violinis duobus, alto-viola, trombis partim duobus, partim quatuor tymp. & organo ... op. 2' (1736)
Performers: Thurgаuer Kammerchor; Thurgаuer Barockensemble; Raimund Rüеggе (conductor)

Drawing: Martin Tyroff (1704-1759) und Johann Andreas Pfeffel (1674-1748) - Zwei Prager Ansichten Prospect des Platzes bei dem Neustädter Rathaus
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(Jan) Česlav (Ceslaus) Vaňura [Vanczura, Wanczura, Waniura et al.]
(Miletín, 28 December 1694 - Prague, 7 January 1736)

Boehmian composer. Nothing is known about his youth. As a member of the Minorite order he was appointed first organist to the convent church of St James at Prague in 1734. On the title-page of his 'Offertories Cultus Latriae seu duodecim offertoria solemnia ... Op.2' he is referred to as regens chori there. In 1735 he was awarded the degree of magister musicae. Although he might have been active at the Prague Minorite convent in the same years as his elder contemporary Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, he was apparently not Černohorský's pupil. As a composer, his works stand near to Černohorský and Šimon Brixi, especially the offertories, written in a late Baroque idiom with a characteristic mixture of concerto style and contrapuntal texture. His 'Litanies' are primarily homophonic. He sometimes aimed at pictorial interpretation of the text, and his orchestration is varied, with emphasis on the brass instruments.