Jakub Jan Ryba – Česká mše vánoční „Hej, mistře!“ (2014)
An indispensable symbol of Christmas. J. J. Ryba's most popular composition performed by A. Poláčková, V. Hajnová, P. Nekoranec, J. Šťáva, the En arché chamber choir, the Česká píseň mixed choir, and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by J. Bělohlávek. The Czech Christmas Mass, also known as the "Hey, Master" Mass, in Latin Missa solemnis Festis Nativitatis D. J. Ch. acomodata in linguam bohemicam musicam – que redacta per Jac. Joa. Ryba, is a Czech-language church composition by this year's jubilee celebrant Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815). Although it is structured in the same way as a Latin musical mass with parts of the ordinary (Kyrie, Gloria, etc.), it is a pastoral play applied to traditional liturgy; the story tells of the annunciation of Christ's birth and the arrival of the shepherds at the manger. The Czech Christmas Mass has a purely pastoral character, set in a Czech environment.
Director: Stanislav Vaněk
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Jiří Bělohlávek as Self – Conductor |
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Petr Nekoranec as Self – Tenor |
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Alžběta Poláčková as Self – Soprano |
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Veronika Hajnová as Self – Contralto |
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Jan Šťáva as Self – Bass |
| Camera | Lubomír Glavanakov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jiří Červenka | Camera Operator |
| Sound | René Sládek | Sound Assistant |
| Writing | Vítězslav Sýkora | Creative Producer |
| Sound | Jan Našinec | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Svatava Součková | Production Design |
| Directing | Eva Krušinová | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Vladimír Bezděk ml. | Editor |
| Production | Leona Hájková | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Josef Váňa | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Jan Tryner | Gaffer |
| Crew | Milan Hrabovský | Drone Operator |
| Sound | Jiří Bělohlávek | Conductor |
| Camera | Tomáš Cerman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jan Červenka | Camera Operator |
| Production | Alexander Nardelli | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jan Kvasnička | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Ivan Mikita | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Vojtěch Jouza | Conductor |
| Camera | Jiří Michal | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Stanislav Vaněk | Director |
| Sound | Jan Štěpánek | Sound |
| Sound | Jakub Jan Ryba | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jiří Lebeda | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dušan Lajda | Editor |
| Crew | Vítězslav Sýkora | Dramaturgy |