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5 unusual facts about Zelenka


Collegium 1704

Zelenka: Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta ZWV 55, 2 CDs Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks

Zelenka: I Penitenti al Sepolcro del Redentore ZWV 63 Zig-Zag

Zelenka: Requiem in D ZWF 46, 2 CDs Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704, Vaclav Luks

The Collegium specialises in Baroque music, in particular that of Zelenka, Bach and Handel.

Leçons de ténèbres

By way of contrast the larger scale choral and orchestral lamentations of provincial composer Jean Gilles stand outside the mainly Parisian genre, and more in line with the lamentations of Central European baroque composers such as Zelenka and Heinichen.


Radek Zelenka

Dr. Radek Zelenka is a careful and precise scientist of the original Atlantis Expedition who often supplements the scientific decisions of the "equally brainy" Dr. Rodney McKay, with whom he has a friendly rivalry.

Zelenka was re-introduced in the mid-season-1 finale "The Storm", Martin Gero's second Atlantis episode.

Tales of Common Insanity

Zelenka wrote and directed a film adaptation of the comedy, which was released as Wrong Side Up in 2005 and was also highly successful.

In 2005, Zelenka wrote and directed a loose film adaptation, released as Wrong Side Up.


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