Bozanov

Church of St. Simon and Jude

Church of St. Mary Magdalene

Friday 30. 5. 2025 v 18:00

Admission 150 CZK

Performers

Vladimír Roubal – organ
In session – spoken word

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Program

Organ Improvisation (Introduction, Duo, Cantabile, Marche pontificale)
Organ Improvisation (On the Passion of the Lord)
Organ Improvisation (Our Lady of the Cross)
Organ Improvisation (In Honour of All Saints)

Vladimír Roubal
Vladimír Roubal

Program

Organ Improvisation (Introduction, Duo, Cantabile, Marche pontificale)
Organ Improvisation (On the Passion of the Lord)
Organ Improvisation (Our Lady of the Cross)
Organ Improvisation (In Honour of All Saints)

Vladimir Roubal

He studied organ at the Plzeň Conservatory with Prof. Jitka Chaloupková and in Prague with Prof. Jan Hora, and improvisation with Prof. Jaroslav Vodrážka. In 1980-1985 he worked as organist of St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral in Plzeň, in 1985-1990 as organist and chaplain of St. Margaret’s Basilica at the Benedictine Archabbey in Prague-Břevnov.

Since 1990 he has been the Director of Cathedral Music at the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians in Strahov, Prague, where he founded the Collegium Strahoviense Cathedral Choir. He excels in improvisation and has won two first prizes in improvisation competitions (1982, 1988).

He has performed in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Holland, Italy, Spain, France, Poland, Romania, Moldova, USA and Japan. He has recorded a number of CDs, composed music for several films and cooperates with Czech Radio and foreign radio stations (in Germany, the Netherlands and Japan) in recording images of historical organs.

In 2007, he played in the Strahov Basilica for the First Lady of the United States of America, Mrs. Laura Bush, during the official visit of the President of the United States to Prague.

Bozanov

Božanov was founded, like most of the villages in the Broumov region, during the Benedictine colonization of the area. The village is said to have been founded in 1253 by a locator named Berthold, from whom it got its name. Gradually, the German name of the village became Barzdorf. In 1384 there was to be an independent parish in Božanov. In 1784 the settlement of Studená Voda (Kaltwasser) was founded in the neighbourhood.

Božanov has always been a predominantly agricultural village, and it must be said that it has been relatively successful – natural conditions favoured the local farmers. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, however, the remote Božanov began to stagnate. In 1872-1875, several families from Božanov made their way across the ocean to South America, where a group of Broumov natives founded Nový Broumov in Chile.

After the post-war expulsion of the German population, the village was populated mainly by Czech immigrants from the interior. However, it did not reach its pre-war population numbers and some of the original buildings have disappeared.

The dominant feature of Božanov is the church of St. Mary Magdalene, originally dedicated to St. Bartholomew, which may have stood here since the beginnings of the village. At the beginning of the 18th century, Božanov saw the construction of a magnificent Baroque sanctuary, which is still the pearl of the village today. The Božanov church belongs to the so-called Broumov Baroque churches of Dientzenhofer. Its construction development is quite complex and took place in several stages.

In the first phase, in 1708-1709, the tower and the presbytery were built (or rebuilt), while the rest of the church remained wooden. The architect of these alterations is unknown. The second phase of reconstruction, concerning the main part of the church, took place between 1733 and 1738. According to experts, Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer was most likely behind the design. The core of the new church was a large central circular space, arched by a brick dome with eight lunettes. The presbytery is continuously connected to the original tower.

The Vamberická pilgrimage route led through the upper end of Božanov. Pilgrims descended from the ridge of the Broumov Walls and continued via Studena Voda and Radków to Vamberice.

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