We invite you to the concert, which will be formed by soloists within the framework of the sacral subscription:
soprano Gaja Sorch
mezzo-soprano Sabina Gruden
tenor Matej Vovk
baritone Marko Erzar
organist Nika Frelih.
They will present Arias with Lenten content from H Animndl's oratorio Messiah, Pergolesi's and Rossini's Stabat Mater, and chorale preludes for organ by J. S. Bach and M. Reger.
Wednesday , 30. March 2022 at 19: 30. uri
Ursuline Church of Sts. Trinity in Ljubljana.
There is no entrance fee, but we will be glad to volunteer contributions.
Kindly invited!
Programme:
J. S. Bach (1685-1750): "O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig" B / 618
G. F. Handel (1685-1759): Messiah H / 56
- Ev'r
- The people that modified in darkness
- He / she despised
- But Thou didst not leave his soul in Hell
- The nations rage
- Thou shall break them
- Ho / ho / beautiful are the feet of them
M. Reger (1873-1916): "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" op. 135A, No. 4
G. B. Pergolessi (1710-1736): Stabat mater
- Cuius Animam Gementem
- Fac ut portem Christi mortem
G. Rossini (1792-1868): Stabat mater
- Pro peccatis suae gentis
- Inflammatus et accensus
Soprano Gaja Sorc successfully graduated from the Ljubljana Academy of music with prof. doc. Barbari Jernejcic F Animrst. She has attended many trainings and is currently studying with Alenka Slokar Bajc. As a soloist, she has participated in many projects and with many different performers (NOVA filharmonija, Choir Provo//, Gorizia oktet, Ljubljana partisan choir, Domzale – Kamnik Symphony Orchestra, Lasko Brass Band and many others). Within the Academy of music, she has worked on many projects (Papagena in Mozart's Magic Flute, Flora in Brittn's turn of the screw, Mini operas and Mini operas II and others). She made her debut in the role of the hop princess in the operetta of the same name by Radovan Gob, sang the role of Julia in the opera of the same name by Ales Makovac, and the role of Nella and Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and in the summer of 2021 she sang at the prestigious Berlin opera academic 6. She is the winner of her category at the Musica Goritiensis international competition held in spring 2021.
Mezzo-soprano Sabina Gruden received her master's degree in singing at the Academy of music in Ljubljana with Barbara Jernejcic F Animrst. As a soloist, she has participated in performances of the sacral works Missa in tempori belli (Ha 6tdn), Petite messe solennelle (Rossini), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi), Passion Of John (Bach) and Te Deum (Bruckner). At SNG Opera and ballet Ljubljana, she performed as The Witch (Shavli: The Shepherd), as the third apparition (Verdi: Macbeth) and as the Third Lady (Mozart: The Magic Flute). She has recreated several roles in operas: Cecilia (Saints: House of mercy), Juliana (Makovac: Julia), Theodora (Kobe: under the free Sun), Mrs. Grose (Britten: turn of the screw), Lenora (Kobe: Lenora), Ana Pavlovna (Cor Modulell: War and peace) and others. She has performed with the SNG Opera and ballet Ljubljana Orchestra, The HNK Osijek Orchestra, The Domzale-Kamnik Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra (China). She has performed at concerts of Music youth of Ljubljana, Zavod perartem and music nut. She received first prizes and Laureates at international competitions, and in 2017 the Preserna prize of the Academy of music in Ljubljana. 2018 she attended the International Festival for young opera singers in China iSing! In addition to opera, it gives her great pleasure to perform cabaret songs, which represent a link between more fun and more serious music.
Matej Vovk was born in Nova Gorica. He began his musical career as a student of solopet with Prof. Rajku Koritnik and continued at the secondary school of music and ballet in Ljubljana with prof. Marku Bajuku and Prof. Matej Arne-Wolfhound. He completed his studies in the class of Prof. Janka Volchanska. He graduated from the Opera Studio of the Ljubljana Opera House SNG with Prof. Vitomir Marof and Prof. Lojzki Zhardin. He attended solopev seminars, trained at the Belgian Summer School Opera plus. At the competition of young musicians of the Republic of Slovenia in 2004 he received the first prize.
Since 2002 he has been employed at SNG Opera and ballet Ljubljana, since 2006 he has been a permanent member of the solo ensemble, where he has successfully recreated several tenor roles. He made his debut as a minister in Tocho's opera The Princess on a pea, then performed as don Eusebio (parable of the work of the thief), Giuseppe and Gaston (La traviata), Abdallo (Nabucco), Dr. Blind and Alfred (the bat), Leander (curious women), Spoletta (Tosca), Harlequin (Atlantean Emperor), Incredibile (Andrea Chenier), executor (Brothers), Albazar (Turk in Italy), St. Louis. Brioche and Camille (The Merry Widow), master ceremoniaire (in love with three oranges), Rodrigo (Don Quixote), Parpignol (La bohamtme), Fiorello and commander of the guard (Barber of Seville), Dancairo (Carmen), Lightlighter (Manon Lescaut), Ovlur and Jerome (Prince Igor), arsonist (Rhenish nymphs), Mengon (Apothecary), Philip (theater director), Franjo and rajdelj (Nightingale), Mateo Borsa (Rigoletto), Rodrigo (Otello), Sailor (Dido and Aeneas), Aristeus and Pluto (Orpheus in hell), Kudryash (Katja Kabanova), don Curcio (Figaro's wedding), Goro (Madama butterfl/), Malcolm (Macbeth), Spalanzani and Nathanel (Hoffmann's Tales), Janko (sold bride). As a concert singer, he performed with various orchestras under the direction of prominent local and foreign conductors (Vjekoslav Shutej, Milivoj Shurbek, Andrej Zuna, Simon Krechic, Ursa Lah, dr. Mirko Cuderman ...). He has collaborated with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir, with the Slovenian army Orchestra, the Tone Tomsic academic choir, with the Slovenian Chamber Choir, with which he has recorded a number of compositions as a soloist as part of the release of CDs Slovenian choral music. He has performed several times at Guest days in Domzale, at concerts under the auspices of Imago Slovenia, with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra as Pilat in the passion by Janez of the composer Damijan Mochnik.
Baritone Marko Erzar is a master of singing at the Academy of music, University of Ljubljana. He was a member of the Tone Tomsic academic choir of the University of Ljubljana and a soloist of the Mixed Choir of the Ledina Gymnasium. As a choir, he regularly collaborates with SNG Opera and ballet Ljubljana and SNG Maribor. In addition to his studies, he was educated by singers such as Marcos Fink, Ludovic Tezier, Matjaz Robavs, Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli, Charlotte Lehmann and Martina Zadro. It was in a solo opera roles: Sprecher, Papageno (W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte), Gandalf (D. Burry The Hobbit), to Death (So-called Kobe: Lenora), And (T Merhar: a Song of love), Alvar (J. P. Rameau: Les Indes Galantes), the Unicorn (M. Roma: Gaja), the Old man (So-called Slakan: the Old has it), Don Giovanni (W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni), France Prešeren (A. Makovac: July, Voltaire/ Panglos/ Martin (L. Bernstein: Candide), Razbojnik (G. C. Others: The Boy Who Grew Too Fast). He is the winner of the Presern Academy of Music Award and several awards at international singing competitions.
Nika Frelih (born 2001) began her musical career at the Doremi Music Center in Bled, where, after completing her musical introduction at the age of six, she began attending piano lessons with Prof. Tini Hribar. In 2013, he joined Prof. Martini District started playing the organ and in 2016 enrolled in the direction of the organ to prof. Nini Frank at the Ljubljana Conservatory of music and ballet. In 2020, she completed the secondary level of organ and graduated from the Diocesan classical gymnasium. He is currently studying organ at the Ljubljana Academy of music under the mentorship of Prof. Renate Bauer. Nika Frelih is the recipient of several awards from the organ field (at the national competition TEMSIG golden plaque in 2018 and 2021), Solfeggio and piano, and also tries herself in composition. He attends master classes at home and abroad.