Střítež
Church of St. Florian
Jers Duo
The concert is held under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Parish of Polná and Michaela Zadinova, Mayor of Střítež.
The voluntary entrance fee will be donated to the repair of the church.
Performers
Jaroslav Pelikan – flute
Jaroslav Novak – guitar
Program
G. Ph. Telemann – Sonata in C major
F. Benda – Sonata in F major
W. A. Mozart – Andante in C major
A. Dvořák – Sonatina Op. 100 (transcription of the Jers-duo from the original for violin and piano)
G. Fauré – Fantaisie Op. 79
M. Ravel – Habanera
J. Pelikán – Agua e Vinho – variation on a theme by the Brazilian composer E. Ghismonti
J. Novák – Suite (Festive Tears, Song and Hesitant Girl)
Program
G. Ph. Telemann – Sonata in C major
F. Benda – Sonata in F major
W. A. Mozart – Andante in C major
A. Dvořák – Sonatina Op. 100 (transcription of the Jers-duo from the original for violin and piano)
G. Fauré – Fantaisie Op. 79
M. Ravel – Habanera
J. Pelikán – Agua e Vinho – variation on a theme by the Brazilian composer E. Ghismonti
J. Novák – Suite (Festive Tears, Song and Hesitant Girl)
Jaroslav Novák
(1968, Prague) – guitarist, singer, composer and teacher. He studied cello as a child and has been playing guitar and composing since the age of 13. He graduated from the J. Kepler Grammar School and the Conservatory in Prague, majoring in guitar and composition. He finished his studies at the conservatory in 1995 with “Concerto for guitar and rock orchestra”. In 1984, together with flutist J. Pelikán, he founded Jers-duo, an ensemble focused on the interpretation of classical and his own compositions, which in 1993 released an original CD Mlčenlivé příběhy (Silent Stories) and in 1996 became a laureate of the Young Prague competition.
Occasionally, he collaborates with leading Czech symphony orchestras, as well as with groups and ensembles of other musical genres. Since 1998 he has been teaching at the Prague Conservatory. He has composed a number of works for guitar (concertos, sonatas, suites, etudes), he is the author of the 70-minute rock Symphony in E, and he sets modern Czech poetry (about 250 songs). Occasionally he writes music for theatre, TV and film. Since 2009 he has been performing his own original programme, summarising both his guitar and songwriting.
Jaroslav Pelikan
(1970, Prague) – flutist, composer. From childhood he was a member of the Kühn Children’s Choir, where he acquired a relationship to music. He studied flute (prof. J. Riedlbauch) and composition (prof. J. Feld) at the Prague Conservatory. He continued his studies at the Academy of Performing Arts – flute with Prof. F. Čech and Prof. J. Válka, composition with Prof. V. Riedlbauch and Prof. J. Filas. In 1992-1993 he worked in Brazil. Since 1996 he has been principal flutist of the National Theatre Orchestra.
As a soloist he performs with a number of orchestras (the National Philharmonic Orchestra, PKF, East Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Talich Chamber Orchestra, North Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra Teplice, KSO, Orquestra da Câmara do Pará, etc.) and abroad (Japan, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, France, Italy, etc.). With guitarist J. Novák he is a member of Jers-dua, with whom he released the CD Silent Stories. Last year he was invited as a professor to a masterclass organized by the Federal University in Brazil.
As a composer, he is mainly devoted to instrumental music. His works include, among others, concertos for oboe (performed in Tokyo in the presence of a Japanese princess), flute, guitar and bassoon (commissioned for the Prague Spring 2002 competition), wind quintet, Stabat Mater, Symphony in B flat major, Bethlehem Mass, etc. He composed Sonatina for the Prague Spring Oboe Competition. He currently plays the A wooden flute. Braun.
Střítež
In former times Střítež was the centre of the manor. When the family property of the Lords of Lipa was divided among four brothers in 1346, one of them, Jindřich, acquired Střítež in addition to Humpolec and Rataje. The record of this act is the first written record of the existence of the castle and the village. In 1365 the property was already in the hands of the Lichtenburgs.
In 1425 Střítež became the target of a devastating raid by the Jihlava garrison, during which the castle was also damaged. Sometime in 1436, the Trčkové z Lípy acquired the estate, but their hostility to Jihlava remained. In 1536, Jan Trčka of Lípa and then sold Střítež in Vlašim to Jihlava. However, the purchase did not bring happiness to the town.
It is worth mentioning that in 1612 the largest known fire broke out in Střítež, which destroyed the whole village. The town of Jihlava contributed 300 thalers to the victims of the fire. After the White Mountain, Střítež was acquired by Jan Haidler of Bukova (1625), a wealthy man from Jihlava, and then by the Pacht family from Rajov (1683). During their time, a nice hunting lodge Karlwald was built nearby. The last owner was Prince Karl Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in 1840, who held the estate until 1848.
At the end of the 19th century, Czechs made up about a fifth of the population. In this context, we cannot forget the expulsion of the local Germans after World War II, which fundamentally changed the life and character of Střítež.
The late Baroque chapel of St. Florian is worth attention. It can be found in the middle of the cemetery on a partially wooded hill east of the village. It is a central flat-roofed building covered by an octagonal banyan with a lantern. Apart from the Baroque statue of St. Florian on the main altar, the rest of the furnishings are pseudo-style from the 19th century.