Česlav Vaňura (1694-1736) - 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: Thurgauer Kammerchor; Thurgauer Barockensemble; Raimund
Rüegge (conductor)
Further info: Festliche Musik aus Böhmen
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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.
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