Historical Organ in Dobruška
Pavel Svoboda
DTA2014 [08594163810061] released 2014
Halbig organ (1727) in the parish church of Saint Wenceslaw, Dobruška (East Bohemia)
Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude G Minor, BuxWV 163
Georg Muffat: Toccata IV Apparatus Musico–Organisticus
Johann Sebastian Bach: Preludes and fuges BWV 553—560
– Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 553
– Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 554
– Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 555
– Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 556
– Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 557
– Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 558
– Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 559
– Prelude and Fugue in B flat Major, BWV 560
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott BWV 721
Johann Gottfried Walther: Concerto B Minor after Vivaldi LV 133
– Allegro
– Adagio
– Allegro
Pavel Svoboda (*1987) began his musical studies at the elementary School of the Arts in Dobruška (Daniela Štěpánová – accordion, radka Zdvihalová – piano), then he stu died organ at the Pardubice conservatory in the studios of Josef rafaja and Václav rabas. He graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague under Prof. Jaro slav Tůma, he has taken part at numerous performance classes under important organists, and he made a yearlong study visit to the Universität der Künste in Berlin with the Dutch organist Leo van Doeselaar. After his master’s studies, he entered the doctoral programme at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He has won prizes at several international competitions. In 2013 he became a laureate of the Prague Spring competition, and in 2016 he won 2nd prize and the title Bachpreisträger at a prestigious international competition in Leipzig. He is the dramaturge for the International Music Festival of F. L. Věk and the chairman of PrOVArHANy, an association that focuses on the preservation of historic organs.
HISTORICAL ORGAN IN DOBRUŠKA II, 1904