Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae
Leçons de Ténèbres
(1995–1996)

Filip Dámec: tenor, contratenor
Ondřej Holub: tenor
Hana Fleková: Baroque cello
Martin Smutný: piano

Czech Ensemble Baroque, Roman Válek conductor

Pavla Radostová soprano, Romana Kružíková soprano, Lucie Netušilová Karafiátová alto, Matej Benda contra-tenor, Jakub Kubín tenor, Jiří Miroslav Procházka bass
 

Iveta Zaťková: organ from the workshop of Johann Michael Heisserer

When composers die, there is usually a certain decline of interest in their musical legacy. In my opinion, Eben’s organ music has a chance to be among the works that will retain a stable position in the repertoire of organists not only in this country, but also abroad. So far, they have been finding their way back into the limelight with intermittent success. Sunday Music, Laudes, and Toccata Fugue are among the pieces frequently chosen by certain ambitious performers regardless of their nationality. Many also regard these works as milestones of organ music of the latter half of the twentieth century. Through this publication about interpretation, my goal was to introduce and explain Eben’s music as having a timeless message and also as belonging comfortably to the traditions of European organ culture.

Recommended recording Petr Eben: Organ Music F10233

Czech edition only.

Sunday Music, Laudes for organ, The Sweet Chains of Love (from the Comenius's cycle Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart), Hommage a Dietrich Buxtehude

Jaroslav Tůma - organ by E.F.Walcker 1884 (Annaberg-Buchholz), Mathis Orgelbau 2014 (Brno), W. Siemann 1938 (Freising)